import
gb/ˈɪmpɔɹt/ us/ˈɪmpɔɹt/
B1
Αγγλικά
~ 3100
Σημασίες
0 σημασίες
Ρήμα
B1
action
1
Bring goods from another country
To bring products or services from another country to sell or use.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to import [goods] from [place]
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse 'import' with 'export'. Remember: 'import' means bringing things in, 'export' means sending things out.
Συνώνυμα
bring in (Less formal and more general; can apply to any bringing, not just across borders.)
Αντώνυμα
export (The opposite process of sending goods from one country to another for sale.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
import goods
|import products
|import services
|import from abroad
|import raw materials
Θέματα
business
|trade
|economics
|finance
Παραδείγματα
- The company plans to import coffee beans from Colombia.
- Many countries import oil to meet their energy needs.
- We import most of our electronics from Asia.
- They decided to import fresh fruit during the winter months.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- We import rice from India.
- The store imports chocolate from Belgium.
- Our country imports cars from Japan.
- They import clothes from Italy.
Ουσιαστικό
B1
entity
2
Goods brought from another country
Things that come from another country to sell or use here.
Συνώνυμα
shipment (Refers to a batch of goods sent, not necessarily across borders.)
Αντώνυμα
export (Goods or services sent to another country for sale.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
foreign imports
|increase in imports
|import market
|import restrictions
Θέματα
business
|trade
|economics
|finance
Παραδείγματα
- Imports of fresh fruit have risen this year.
- The government placed a tax on imports.
- Our imports exceed our exports this quarter.
- She works in the import business.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- We sell many imports in our shop.
- The price of imports is higher now.
- Imports are important for our economy.
- This store has many food imports.
Ρήμα
technical
B1
action
3
Load data into a program
To bring files or information into a computer program from somewhere else.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to import [data/file] into [program]
Συνώνυμα
upload (Specifically refers to sending data to a server; 'import' is about bringing data into a program.)
Αντώνυμα
export (To send data out of a program to another format or location.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
import data
|import files
|import settings
|import contacts
Θέματα
technology
|computing
Παραδείγματα
- You can import your contacts into the new email system.
- The software allows you to import images directly from your camera.
- Please import the spreadsheet into the database before running the report.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- I will import the photo into the app.
- You can import songs into this program.
- He imports the list into the computer.
- Import the file into Word.
Ουσιαστικό
formal
C1
entity
4
Importance or meaning of something
How important or serious something is.
Συνώνυμα
significance (More common and neutral in modern English; 'import' is more formal and less frequent.)
Αντώνυμα
insignificance (Lack of importance or meaning.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
of great import
|matters of import
Θέματα
communication
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- This is a matter of great import to the nation.
- His words were of little import to the decision-makers.
- The meeting dealt with issues of national import.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- This is a matter of great import.
- The news was of little import.
- It is of national import.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
import
IPA
GB/ˈɪmpɔɹt/
US/ˈɪmpɔɹt/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
im - port (2 συλλαβές)
Stress on 1st syllable (im)
Τύποι λέξης
Noun
- Base: import
- Plural: import, imports
Verb
- Base: import
- 3rd Person Singular: imports
- Present Participle: importing
- Past: imported
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Forms
imports
noun
importing
verb
imported
verb
Core family
importer
noun
Related words
importation
noun
Negative and opposite forms
export
verb B1
Εκφράσεις
import from
1/ˈɪmpɔɹt fɹˈʌm/
fixed phrase
Bring goods from a place abroad
To bring products from a specific place into your country to sell or use.
Παραδείγματα
- We import wine from France every year.
- Most of our electronics are imported from China.
of great import
1/əv ɡɹˈeɪt ˈɪmpɔɹt/
fixed phrase
formal
Very important or significant
Very important; having great value or meaning.
Παραδείγματα
- This agreement is of great import to both countries.
- The discovery was of great import to science.