import

import has 15 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
• v. t.. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
• v. i.. To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
• n.. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
• n.. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
• n.. Importance; weight; consequence.
• n.. commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
• n.. having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence"
• n.. 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"
• n.. the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
• n.. an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees"