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Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb im-pawrt, -pohrt; noun im-pawrt, -pohrt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt; noun ˈɪm pɔrt, -poʊrt



Definition of importing

Origin :
  • early 15c., "convey information, express, make known, signify," from Latin importare "bring in, convey," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Sense of "bring in goods from abroad" first recorded c.1500. Related: Imported; importing.
  • As in indicate : verb signify, display
  • As in intend : verb have in mind; determine
  • As in interject : verb throw in; interrupt
  • As in introduce : verb add, insert
  • As in matter : verb be of consequence, importance
  • As in mean : verb signify, convey
  • As in purport : verb assert, mean
  • As in signify : verb mean, indicate
  • As in signify : verb be of importance
  • As in spell : verb mean, imply
  • As in weigh : verb have influence
  • As in bring : verb transport or accompany
  • As in betoken : verb indicate
  • As in carry : verb transport physical object
  • As in interlard : verb introduce
  • As in tote : verb carry
  • As in connote : verb imply
  • As in count : verb have importance
  • As in denote : verb designate, mean
  • As in express : verb articulate; signify, mean
  • As in imply : verb indicate, mean
Example sentences :
  • What do they mean by importing their methods of Crim-Tartary here?
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The chief accusation was that of importing arms for the rebellion.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • They had enjoyed the right of importing slaves when colonies.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
  • His father was the original founder of the importing trade graft.
  • Extract from : « The Root of Evil » by Thomas Dixon
  • All the same, I had another little nail to drive in importing you.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various
  • She also had the support of France, and a means of importing supplies.
  • Extract from : « The Peace Negotiations » by J. D. Kestell
  • The landlady consented to his importing an oil-stove for cooking his meals.
  • Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
  • He took malice in the moral sense, as importing a malevolent motive.
  • Extract from : « The Path of the Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • But why don't the Americans reel their own raw silk, then, instead of importing it?
  • Extract from : « The Story of Silk » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • We were cut off from the world, and there was no means of importing stores.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War » by Ben Viljoen.

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