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import — to bring goods or services into a country from abroad for sale

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to bring goods or services into a country from abroad for sale

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈɪmpɔːrt/

Example Sentences

  • My mom imports so much Korean food that our kitchen looks like a Seoul grocery store!
  • The company decided to import high-quality materials from Germany.
  • He didn't understand the true import of the teacher's warning until he failed the exam.

import

VERB

[/ˈɪmpɔːrt/]

to bring goods or services into a country from abroad for sale

In the center of the frame, a dock worker operates a crane to unload colorful cargo containers from a large ship. The containers have distinctive foreign symbols and designs showing they came from overseas. The ship's hull displays international maritime flags indicating its foreign origin. Other workers guide the containers toward waiting trucks for domestic distribution. goods being brought into the country from abroad for sale
💡 Concept

In the center of the frame, a dock worker operates a crane to unload colorful cargo containers from a large ship. The containers have distinctive foreign symbols and designs showing they came from overseas. The ship's hull displays international maritime flags indicating its foreign origin. Other workers guide the containers toward waiting trucks for domestic distribution. goods being brought into the country from abroad for sale

Import and export with strong support!
🎵 Rhyme

Import and export with strong support!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈɪmpɔːrt/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈɪmpɔːt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixim--
Rootport

Origin

From Latin importare, meaning 'to carry in' or 'to bring in'. Originally used literally for physical transportation, the term evolved to denote the commercial practice of bringing goods into a country, becoming the standard term for international trade by the development of commerce.

Breakdown

im- (in, into) + portare (to carry, bear). The prefix im- assimilates the Latin preposition 'in', while portare derives from the root meaning 'to transport or convey'.

🎵Rhyme

exportsupporttransportreport
export
support
transport
report

🔗Collocations

import goods
import duty
import restrictions
major import
import license

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

“My mom imports so much Korean food that our kitchen looks like a Seoul grocery store!”

“The company decided to import high-quality materials from Germany.”

“He didn't understand the true import of the teacher's warning until he failed the exam.”

“Japan imports most of its energy resources from other countries.”

📚Related Words

Synonyms

bring inintroducepurchase abroadobtain from overseas

Antonyms

exportsend out

Related

tradecommercecustomstariffinternational

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