import
1. commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country (Freq. 2) • Syn: importation • Ant: export • Derivationally related forms: import (for: importation) • Hypernyms: commodity, trade good, good 2. an imported person brought from a foreign country (Freq. 1) - the lead role was played by an import from Sweden - they are descendants of indentured importees • Syn: importee • Derivationally related forms: import (for: importee) • Hypernyms: foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander 3. the message that is intended or expressed or signified (Freq. 1) - 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 • Syn: meaning, significance, signification • Derivationally related forms: signify (for: signification), significant (for: significance), signify (for: significance), mean (for: meaning) • Hypernyms: message, content, subject matter, substance • Hyponyms: lexical meaning, grammatical meaning, symbolization, symbolisation, sense, signified, intension, connotation, referent, effect, essence, burden, core, gist, intent, purport, spirit, moral, lesson, nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement, overtone, point 4. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred (Freq. 1) - the significance of his remark became clear only later - the expectation was spread both by word and by implication • Syn: significance, implication • Derivationally related forms: imply (for: implication), implicate (for: implication), significant (for: significance) • Hypernyms: meaning, substance 5. having important effects or influence - decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself - virtue is of more moment than security - that result is of no consequence • Syn: consequence, moment • Ant: inconsequence (for: consequence) • Derivationally related forms: momentous (for: moment), consequential (for: consequence) • Hypernyms: significance • Hyponyms: matter, hell to pay
1. bring in from abroad (Freq. 4) • Ant: export • Derivationally related forms: importation, importee, importer, importing • Topics: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism • Hypernyms: trade, merchandise • Hyponyms: smuggle • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s something PP - Sam and Sue import the movie 2. transfer (electronic data) into a database or document • Ant: export • Topics: computer science, computing • Hypernyms: transfer • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 3. indicate or signify - I'm afraid this spells trouble! • Syn: spell • Hypernyms: mean, intend • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something
|
|