Word Meanings - IMPORT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

+ portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through F. importer, from the Latin. 1. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed

Additional info about word: IMPORT

+ portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through F. importer, from the Latin. 1. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc. 2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. Hooker. 3. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern. I have a motion much imports your good. Shak. If I endure it, what imports it you Dryden. Syn. -- To denote; mean; sighify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of IMPORT)

• Adduce
• Allege
• apply
• cite
• advance
• offer
• introduce
• produce
• add
• import
• name
• mention
• quote
• Bring
• Fetch
• procure
• convey
• carry
• bear
• adduce
• cause
• induce
• Imply
• Involve
• mean
• indicate
• suggest
• hint
• denote
• include
• Instil
• Pour
• infuse
• implant
• insinuate
• inculcate
• Interpolate
• Interlard
• interweave
• garble
• gloss
• intersperse
• furbish

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of IMPORT)

• Retard
• hinder
• withhold
• withdraw
• recall
• depress
• degrade
• suppress
• oppose
• retreat
• decrease
• Slave
• prevent
• disincline
• dissuade
• Misname
• miscall
• misdesignate
• misindicate
• hint
• suggest
• shadow
• adumbrate

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