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import
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?m?pôt, IPA(key): /??m.p??t/
- (General American) enPR: ?m?pôrt, IPA(key): /??m.p??t/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ?m?p?rt, IPA(key): /??m.po(?)?t/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /??m.po?t/
Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?mpôt?, IPA(key): /?m?p??t/
- (General American) enPR: ?mpôrt?, IPA(key): /?m?p??t/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ?mp?rt?, IPA(key): /?m?po(?)?t/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?m?po?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Etymology 1
From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin import? (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + port? (“I carry, bear; convey”).
Noun
import (countable and uncountable, plural imports)
- (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
- (uncountable) The practice of importing.
- (uncountable) Significance, importance.
- (countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.
Synonyms
- (significance): importancy, importance, meaning, purport, significance, tenor, weight
Antonyms
- (practice of importing): export
- (something brought in from a foreign country): export
- insignificance
Translations
Verb
import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)
- (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
- Antonym: export
- (transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
- Antonym: export
- How can I import files from older versions of this application?
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:import.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin import?.
Verb
import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)
- (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
- 1661, Thomas Salusbury
- See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.
- 1661, Thomas Salusbury
- (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
- If I endure it, what imports it you?
- (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
- 1762, David Hume, The History of England:
- It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.
- 1762, David Hume, The History of England:
- (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
- 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci:
- It much imports your house That all should be made clear.
- 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci:
- (transitive) To mean, signify.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “import”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??mport]
Noun
import m inan
- import
- Synonym: dovoz
- Antonyms: export, vývoz
Related terms
- importér
- importní
- importovat
Dutch
Etymology
Back-formed from importeren or borrowed from English import.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m.p?rt/
- Hyphenation: im?port
Noun
import m (plural importen, diminutive importje n)
- Geographical import.
- (Netherlands, collective) A person or people who is/are not native to a city, village or region, but moved there from outside.
Synonyms
- (import): invoer
Antonyms
- (import): export, uitvoer
Derived terms
- importbruid
- importgoederen
- importhandel
Related terms
- importeur
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: impor
- ? West Frisian: ymport
French
Noun
import m (plural imports)
- Geographical import
Derived terms
- importeur m
Further reading
- “import” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- promit, promît, rompit, rompît
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English import.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?import]
- Hyphenation: im?port
- Rhymes: -ort
Noun
import (plural importok)
- import
Declension
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English or German
Noun
import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importer, definite plural importene)
- import
Related terms
- importere
References
- “import” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English or German
Noun
import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importar, definite plural importane)
- import
References
- “import” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From English import, from Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin import?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?im.p?rt/
Noun
import m inan
- (economics) import (act of importing)
- Antonym: eksport
- (economics) import (something brought in from a foreign country)
- Antonym: eksport
Declension
Derived terms
- (verbs) importowa?, zaimportowa?
- (adjective) importowy
Related terms
- (noun) importer
Further reading
- import in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- import in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Back-formation from importa
Noun
import n (plural importuri)
- import
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From English import, from Latin importare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mport/
- Hyphenation: i?mport
Noun
ìmport m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- import (practice of importing)
- An import (something brought in from a foreign country)
Declension
References
- “import” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Swedish
Noun
import c
- import
Declension
Synonyms
- införsel
Antonyms
- export
Related terms
- importera
- importförbud
- importtillstånd
- importtull
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difference
English
Etymology
From Middle English difference, from Old French difference, from Latin differentia (“difference”), from differ?ns (“different”), present participle of differre. Doublet of differentia.
Morphologically differ +? -ence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?f??n(t)s/
- (rare) IPA(key): /?d?f???n(t)s/
- Hyphenation: diffe?rence, dif?fer?ence
Noun
difference (countable and uncountable, plural differences)
- (uncountable) The quality of being different.
- Antonyms: identity, sameness
- (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- (countable) A disagreement or argument.
- We have our little differences, but we are firm friends.
- 1714, Thomas Ellwood, The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood: written by his own hand
- Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and the young constable to compose their difference as they could.
- (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- The line of the horizon was clear and hard against the sky, and in one particular quarter it showed black against a silvery climbing phosphorescence that grew and grew. At last, over the rim of the waiting earth the moon lifted with slow majesty till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off, free of moorings; and once more they began to see surfaces—meadows wide-spread, and quiet gardens, and the river itself from bank to bank, all softly disclosed, all washed clean of mystery and terror, all radiant again as by day, but with a difference that was tremendous.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- The difference between 3 and 21 is 18.
- (obsolete) Choice; preference.
- (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is TRUE when the two input variables are different but is otherwise FALSE; the XOR operation ().
- (relational algebra) the set of elements that are in one set but not another ().
Synonyms
- (characteristic of something that makes it different from something else): departure, deviation, divergence, disparity
- (disagreement or argument about something important): conflict, difference of opinion, dispute, dissension
- (result of a subtraction): remainder
- (significant change in state): nevermind
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
Verb
difference (third-person singular simple present differences, present participle differencing, simple past and past participle differenced)
- (obsolete, transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.
- 1672 Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
- This simple spectation of the lungs is differenced from that which concomitates a pleurisy.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- 1672 Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
Synonyms
- (to distinguish or differentiate): differentiate, distinguish
Translations
Related terms
Further reading
- difference in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- difference in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- differens, defference, defferense, dyfferens
Etymology
From Old French difference, from Latin differ?ntia; equivalent to differren (“to postpone”) +? -ence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dif?r?ns(?)/, /di?f?r?ns(?)/
Noun
difference (plural differences or difference)
- Difference; the state of being different.
- A difference; an element which separates.
- Distinguishment; the finding or creation of dissimilarity.
- (heraldry, rare) A heraldic cadency for a family's junior branch.
- (mathematics, rare) The result of subtraction; an amount left over.
- (mathematics, rare) An order in decimal representation of numbers.
- (rare) Something that people do not agree upon.
Descendants
- English: difference
- Scots: difference
References
- “difference, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-31.
Old French
Alternative forms
- differance
Etymology
From Latin differentia.
Noun
difference f (oblique plural differences, nominative singular difference, nominative plural differences)
- difference
Descendants
- ? Middle English: difference, differens, defference, defferense, dyfferens
- English: difference
- Scots: difference
- French: différence
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