import

import is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.
2. transitive verb. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
3. transitive verb. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
4. intransitive verb. To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
5. noun. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
6. noun. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
7. noun. Importance; weight; consequence.
8. noun. commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

   Synonyms: importation

9. noun. having important effects or influence

   "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"

   "virtue is of more moment than security"

   Synonyms: consequence, moment

10. noun. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

    "the significance of his remark became clear only later"

    "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

    Synonyms: implication, significance

11. noun. the message that is intended or expressed or signified

    "what is the meaning of this sentence"

    "the significance of a red traffic light"

    Synonyms: meaning, significance, signification

12. noun. an imported person brought from a foreign country

    "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"

    "they are descendants of indentured importees"

    Synonyms: importee

13. verb. indicate or signify

    "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"

    Synonyms: spell

14. verb. transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
15. verb. bring in from abroad

Synonyms

importation, consequence, moment, implication, significance, meaning, signification, importee, spell

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in import:

promit

Common word forms

imports, imported, importer, importing, importable, importless, importment

Words from these letters

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