import -
an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees"
import -
the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "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"
signified,
sense the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
intension,
connotation what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
referent something that refers; a term that refers to another term
gist,
burden,
essence,
effect,
core an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
moral,
lesson the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"
nuance,
nicety,
subtlety,
refinement,
shade a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"
overtone a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
import -
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"
significance the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
matter that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
import -
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
commercialism,
mercantilism,
commerce an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
smuggle import or export without paying customs duties; "She smuggled cigarettes across the border"
import -
transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
export cause to spread in another part of the world; "The Russians exported Marxism to Africa"
transfer transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
computer science,
computing the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
import -
indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"
intend,
mean have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
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Wiktionary
Substantiv
import -
Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
