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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
import From the web:
- what important polymer is located in the nucleus
- what important day is today
- what important topic is discussed in this passage
- what important things happened today
- what important events happened in the 1970s
- what important events happened in 1980
- what polymer is located in the nucleus
- what polymer is in the nucleus
procure
English
Etymology
From Old French procurer, from Late Latin pr?c?r?re, present active infinitive of Latin pr?c?r? (“I manage, administer”), from pr? (“on behalf of”) + c?r? (“I care for”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???kj??/, /p???kj??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???kj??/, /p???kj?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
procure (third-person singular simple present procures, present participle procuring, simple past and past participle procured)
- (transitive) To acquire or obtain.
- Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. How these were to be procured, no one was able to imagine.
- (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
- (transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
- (obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
- 1551, Ralph Robinson (translator), Thomas More, Utopia
- By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.
- 1551, Ralph Robinson (translator), Thomas More, Utopia
- (obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.
- (obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
Synonyms
- (acquire): obtain
- (obtain a prostitute): buy, purchase
Related terms
- procurement
- procurer
- procuress
- proxy
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “procure”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- crouper
French
Verb
procure
- first-person singular present indicative of procurer
- third-person singular present indicative of procurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of procurer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of procurer
- second-person singular imperative of procurer
Italian
Noun
procure f
- plural of procura
Portuguese
Verb
procure
- first-person singular present subjunctive of procurar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of procurar
- first-person singular imperative of procurar
- third-person singular imperative of procurar
Spanish
Verb
procure
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of procurar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of procurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of procurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of procurar.
procure From the web:
- what procurement
- what procurements are impacted by section 889
- what procure means
- what procurement specialist do
- what procurement is all about
- what procurement department do
- what procurement do
- what procurement entails
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