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import

commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
importation
Antonym:
export, exportation

source: wordnet30
an imported person brought from a foreign country(noun.person)

Example:
The lead role was played by an import from Sweden.
They are descendants of indentured importees.

Synonym:
importee

source: wordnet30
the message that is intended or expressed or signified(noun.communication)

Example:
The import of his announcement was ambiguous.

Synonym:
meaning, significance, signification

source: wordnet30
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
implication, significance

source: wordnet30
having important effects or influence(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
consequence, moment
Antonym:
inconsequence

source: wordnet30
Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.(noun)

source: webster1913

bring in from abroad(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
transfer (electronic data) into a database or document(verb.possession)

Antonym:
export

source: wordnet30
indicate or signify(verb.communication)

Synonym:
spell

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To signify; to purport; to be of moment.(verb)

source: webster1913

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