Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of import.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. brought into the country from a foreign source; -- used of especially merchandise; -- correlative of exported.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source
Examples
“Dog-whistle politics is a term imported from Britain that implies politicians use language with two frequencies, one for normal people and one for less savory constituencies.”
“The first is the so-called CYA approach Cover Your Ass - a term imported from the United States.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Dog-whistle politics" is a term imported from Britain that implies politicians use language with two frequencies, one for normal people and one for less savory constituencies.”
“The consumer's group says that Chrysler 300 sedans, made in Brampton, Ont., are being falsely touted as manufactured in the United States with the tag "imported from Detroit.”
“7. Haboob - A name imported from the Arabic for massive sandstorms in the American Southwest.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Felix, to become in effect what his name in Latin imported, that is, _happy_, resolved to follow no other standard than that of the king of kings, Jesus Christ.”
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
“[41] Meursius observes, that Lycophron had here made use of a term imported from Egypt: so that, I think, we cannot be mistaken about the purport of the word, however it may have been perverted.”
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)
“And not only the Gods, but the Hierophantæ, in most temples; and those priests, in particular, who were occupied in the celebration of mysteries, were styled Patres: so that it was undoubtedly a religious term imported from Egypt, the same as Pator, and Patora, before mentioned.”
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.
“A Mycenaean warrior who died in western Greece over 3,000 years ago was the proud owner of a rare gold-wired sword imported from the Italian peninsula, a senior archaeologist said on Thursday.”
“The word "Loser" is not native to Australia - it is a term imported from the US.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘imported’.
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AGRI - horse breeding
place bet, Przewalski's horse, piaffe, genus Claviceps, stadium jumping, draft animal, snaffle bit, noseband, equestrian sport, endurance riding, curb bit, dressage and 678 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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Chained Bear's Favorite Words
peruvian, sparky, poop, etymological, fuck, whatnot, pulchritude, nosh, tetched, quotidian, squalid, trajectory and 388 more...
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MEC2 Lesson 127
trial, trainee, overqualified, hold, murder, orient, underhanded, disgusting, uncomfortable, flash, Johnny Carson, authorize and 22 more...
Tweets
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reesetee Uh...no thanks. Not if it's 243 years old. Probably past its expiration date. Jan 31, 2009
chained_bear Falling down? Are you okay? I happen to know where you can get some Elixir Bardana, if you think it will help... Jan 31, 2009
reesetee Forgive us. We've been falling down on the job. Jan 31, 2009
chained_bear Another pretty common word not yet listed... Hmph.
"Just imported from LONDON, in the Argyle, Capt. Captain Cocke, and to be sold on reasonable terms by the subscriber, at his shop in WILLIAMSBURG,
A COMPLETE assortment of MEDICINES.
Also SPICES of all sorts, Capers, Olives and Walnuts; Saltpetre, Currants, Figs, Prunes, White and Brown Candies, Sallad sic Oil, Best Durham Flower of Mustard, Elixir Bardana, Essence of Water Dock, Turlington's Balsam, British Oil, Godfrey's and Freeman's Bordials, Stoughton's Bateman's and Jesuits Drops, Pectoral Balsam of Honey, Smelling Bottles, Lancets, Black Lead Pots, Crucibles, &c.
WILLIAM PASTEUR."
—Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon), Dec. 18, 1766 Jan 30, 2009