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| 1. | [ verb ] (business) bring in from abroad | |
| Related terms: | export trade smuggle commerce importing | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (business) commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country | |
| Synonyms: | importation | |
| Related terms: | export commodity | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the message that is intended or expressed or signified | |
| Synonyms: | meaning significance signification | |
| Examples: | "what is the meaning of this sentence" "the significance of a red traffic light" "the signification of Chinese characters" "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
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| Related terms: | message sense point effect moral intent sense nuance overtone symbolization lexical_meaning grammatical_meaning referent mean mean spell | |
| 4. | [ noun ] an imported person brought from a foreign country | |
| Synonyms: | importee | |
| Examples: | "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden" "they are descendants of indentured importees" |
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| Related terms: | foreigner | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred | |
| Synonyms: | significance implication | |
| Examples: | "the significance of his remark became clear only later" "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" |
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| Related terms: | meaning imply | |
| 6. | [ verb ] indicate or signify | |
| Synonyms: | spell | |
| Examples: | "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" |
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| Related terms: | mean meaning | |
| 7. | [ noun ] having important effects or influence | |
| Synonyms: | consequence moment | |
| Examples: | "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself" "virtue is of more moment that security" |
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| Related terms: | inconsequence significance hell_to_pay matter | |
| Similar spelling: |
importer importee imported importune importing important impart Imber imparting impartial |
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