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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To bring or carry in from an outside source, especially to bring in (goods or materials) from a foreign country for trade or sale.
2. v. Computer Science To receive (data) into one program from another.
3. v. To carry or hold the meaning of; signify: a high inflation rate importing hard times for the consumer.
4. v. To imply.
5. v. Archaic To have importance for.
6. v. To be significant. See Synonyms at count¹.
7. n. Something imported.
8. n. The act or occupation of importing goods or materials.
9. n. Meaning; signification. See Synonyms at meaning.
10. n. Importance; significance: a legal decision of far-reaching import. See Synonyms at importance.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To bring from without; introduce from abroad; especially, to bring from a foreign country, or from another state, into one's own country or state: opposed to export: as, to import wares and merchandise.
2. Hence To bring or introduce from one use, connection, or relation into another: as, to import irrelevant matter into a discussion.
3. To bear or convey in meaning or implication; signify; mean; denote; betoken.
4. To be of importance, interest, or consequence to; concern; have a bearing upon.
5. To have significance; be of importance.
6. n. That which is imported or brought from without or from abroad; especially, merchandise brought into one country from another: usually in the plural: opposed to export.
7. n. The intrinsic meaning conveyed by anything; the significance borne by, or the interpretation to be drawn from, an event, action, speech, writing, or the like; purport; bearing: as, the import of one's conduct.
8. n. Importance; consequence; moment.
9. n. Synonyms Sense, gist, tenor, substance.

Wiktionary

1. v. intransitive To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
2. v. transitive To be of importance to (someone or something).
3. v. transitive To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
4. v. transitive To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
5. n. countable Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
6. n. uncountable The practice of importing.
7. n. uncountable Significance, importance.
8. v. transitive To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
9. v. transitive To load a file into a software application for use as a resource in a greater data file.
10. v. transitive To mean, signify
11. v. transitive, archaic To express, to imply.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export.
2. v. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
3. v. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
4. v. To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
5. n. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
6. n. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
7. n. Importance; weight; consequence.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
2. v. bring in from abroad
3. v. indicate or signify
4. v. transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
5. n. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
6. n. having important effects or influence
7. n. an imported person brought from a foreign country
8. n. the message that is intended or expressed or signified