import
gb/ˈɪmpɔɹt/ us/ˈɪmpɔɹt/
B1
Ingles
~ 3100
Mga kahulugan
0 kahulugan
Pandiwa
B1
action
1
Bring goods from another country
To bring products or services from another country to sell or use.
Padron ng paggamit:
to import [goods] from [place]
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes confuse 'import' with 'export'. Remember: 'import' means bringing things in, 'export' means sending things out.
Mga kasingkahulugan
bring in (Less formal and more general; can apply to any bringing, not just across borders.)
Mga kasalungat
export (The opposite process of sending goods from one country to another for sale.)
Mga kolokasyon
import goods
|import products
|import services
|import from abroad
|import raw materials
Mga tema
business
|trade
|economics
|finance
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- We import rice from India.
- The store imports chocolate from Belgium.
- Our country imports cars from Japan.
- They import clothes from Italy.
Pangngalan
B1
entity
2
Goods brought from another country
Things that come from another country to sell or use here.
Mga kasingkahulugan
shipment (Refers to a batch of goods sent, not necessarily across borders.)
Mga kasalungat
export (Goods or services sent to another country for sale.)
Mga kolokasyon
foreign imports
|increase in imports
|import market
|import restrictions
Mga tema
business
|trade
|economics
|finance
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- 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.
Pandiwa
technical
B1
action
3
Load data into a program
To bring files or information into a computer program from somewhere else.
Padron ng paggamit:
to import [data/file] into [program]
Mga kasingkahulugan
upload (Specifically refers to sending data to a server; 'import' is about bringing data into a program.)
Mga kasalungat
export (To send data out of a program to another format or location.)
Mga kolokasyon
import data
|import files
|import settings
|import contacts
Mga tema
technology
|computing
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- 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.
Pangngalan
formal
C1
entity
4
Importance or meaning of something
How important or serious something is.
Mga kasingkahulugan
significance (More common and neutral in modern English; 'import' is more formal and less frequent.)
Mga kasalungat
insignificance (Lack of importance or meaning.)
Mga kolokasyon
of great import
|matters of import
Mga tema
communication
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- This is a matter of great import.
- The news was of little import.
- It is of national import.
Gramatika
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
import
IPA
GB/ˈɪmpɔɹt/
US/ˈɪmpɔɹt/
Mga pantig at diin
im - port (2 pantig)
Stress on 1st syllable (im)
Mga anyo ng salita
Noun
- Base: import
- Plural: import, imports
Verb
- Base: import
- 3rd Person Singular: imports
- Present Participle: importing
- Past: imported
Mga kaugnay na salita
Forms
imports
noun
importing
verb
imported
verb
Core family
importer
noun
Related words
importation
noun
Negative and opposite forms
export
verb B1
Mga ekspresyon
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.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa
- This agreement is of great import to both countries.
- The discovery was of great import to science.