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# import

verb (import, imports, imported, importing); noun (an import, imports; import, uncountable)

«import» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (verb) To bring goods into a country from another country to sell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#m1)
2. (noun) A product brought in from another country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#m2)
3. (computing) To bring a file or data into a program. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#m3)
4. (formal, noun) Importance, as in «a matter of great import». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography and business lessons: countries import and export goods; bananas are imported to the UK. In computing: import photos into a document. In maths, trade problems add up imports and exports. Phrases: import from, imports and exports.

### Examples

- The UK imports bananas from the Caribbean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x1)
- Oil is one of the country's main imports. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x2)
- Import the photos onto the laptop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x3)
- Many toys are imported from China. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x4)
- The shop sells imported cheese. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x5)
- This is a matter of great import, said the judge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x6)
- There are no olives in the Ebony Island, and those imported from here fetch a high price. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x7)

### Note

Stress: verb «im-PORT», noun «IM-port». Opposite: export. In maths, if a country imports more than it exports, it spends more than it earns from trade.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «import» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«import» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/import.html) on Mova free.