import
gb/ˈɪmpɔɹt/ us/ˈɪmpɔɹt/
B1
Engelska
~ 3100
Betydelser
0 betydelser
Verb
B1
action
1
Bring goods from another country
To bring products or services from another country to sell or use.
Användningsmönster:
to import [goods] from [place]
Vanligt misstag:
Learners sometimes confuse 'import' with 'export'. Remember: 'import' means bringing things in, 'export' means sending things out.
Synonymer
bring in (Less formal and more general; can apply to any bringing, not just across borders.)
Antonymer
export (The opposite process of sending goods from one country to another for sale.)
Ordkombinationer
import goods
|import products
|import services
|import from abroad
|import raw materials
Teman
business
|trade
|economics
|finance
Exempel
- 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.
Exempel för inlärare
- We import rice from India.
- The store imports chocolate from Belgium.
- Our country imports cars from Japan.
- They import clothes from Italy.
Substantiv
B1
entity
2
Goods brought from another country
Things that come from another country to sell or use here.
Synonymer
shipment (Refers to a batch of goods sent, not necessarily across borders.)
Antonymer
export (Goods or services sent to another country for sale.)
Ordkombinationer
foreign imports
|increase in imports
|import market
|import restrictions
Teman
business
|trade
|economics
|finance
Exempel
- 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.
Exempel för inlärare
- 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.
Verb
technical
B1
action
3
Load data into a program
To bring files or information into a computer program from somewhere else.
Användningsmönster:
to import [data/file] into [program]
Synonymer
upload (Specifically refers to sending data to a server; 'import' is about bringing data into a program.)
Antonymer
export (To send data out of a program to another format or location.)
Ordkombinationer
import data
|import files
|import settings
|import contacts
Teman
technology
|computing
Exempel
- 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.
Exempel för inlärare
- 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.
Substantiv
formal
C1
entity
4
Importance or meaning of something
How important or serious something is.
Synonymer
significance (More common and neutral in modern English; 'import' is more formal and less frequent.)
Antonymer
insignificance (Lack of importance or meaning.)
Ordkombinationer
of great import
|matters of import
Teman
communication
|core_vocabulary
Exempel
- 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.
Exempel för inlärare
- This is a matter of great import.
- The news was of little import.
- It is of national import.
Grammatik
Grundform
import
IPA
GB/ˈɪmpɔɹt/
US/ˈɪmpɔɹt/
Stavelser och betoning
im - port (2 stavelser)
Stress on 1st syllable (im)
Ordformer
Noun
- Base: import
- Plural: import, imports
Verb
- Base: import
- 3rd Person Singular: imports
- Present Participle: importing
- Past: imported
Ordfamilj
Forms
imports
noun
importing
verb
imported
verb
Core family
importer
noun
Related words
importation
noun
Negative and opposite forms
export
verb B1
Uttryck
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.
Exempel
- 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.
Exempel
- This agreement is of great import to both countries.
- The discovery was of great import to science.