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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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objective
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French objectif, from Latin obiect?vus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?d???k.t?v/, /?b?d???k.t?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /?b?d???k.t?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Adjective
objective (comparative more objective, superlative most objective)
- Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
- Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment.
- (grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
- (linguistics, grammar) Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
- 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ?ISBN
- The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.
- 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ?ISBN
Usage notes
- Said of account, judgment, criteria, person, existence, or observation.
Antonyms
- subjective
Derived terms
- nonobjective
- objective correlative
- objectivity
Translations
Noun
objective (plural objectives)
- A material object that physically exists.
- A goal that is striven for.
- Objectives are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals. They must be verifiable in some way, whether that?s statistically – ‘the more I do this, the better I get at it? – or by some other achievable concept such as getting the job or relationship that you want. It?s crucial that your objectives lead you logically towards your goal and are quantifiable.
- (grammar) The objective case.
- Synonyms: object case, objective case
- (grammar) a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
- The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:goal
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b.??k.tiv/
- Homophone: objectives
Adjective
objective
- feminine singular of objectif
Latin
Adjective
object?ve
- vocative masculine singular of object?vus
objective From the web:
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