Meaning & use

import

verb·Academic

To bring in goods, services, or data from another country or system for use domestically.

See it in a sentence

The company imports raw coffee beans from three different countries.

You can import your contacts directly into the new phone app.

A note on using this word

As a noun ('an import'), stress falls on the first syllable; as a verb, on the second.

Words with a similar meaning

bring inintroduce

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Words with an opposite meaning

Another way to use it

2. noun

A product, service, or idea brought into a country from abroad.

Oil remains the country's largest import by far.

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