## Meanings
1. To bring goods or products in from another country, usually to sell them.
2. A product or good brought in from another country.
3. To load data or a file into a program from another source.
4. Importance or significance.

## Examples
- Japan imports most of its oil from the Middle East.
- The government raised taxes on foreign imports.
- You can import your contacts directly into the new app.
- It was a decision of great import for the whole company.

## Synonyms
- importance
- importancy
- meaning
- purport
- significance
- tenor
- weight

## Antonyms
- export
- insignificance

## Derived Forms
- antiimport
- importability
- importable
- important
- importation
- importee
- importer
- importin
- importless
- importome
- nonimport
- nonimported

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: importen
- Root: emporter
- Root: importō
- Affix: im- - not

## Etymology
From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō (“to carry, bear; convey”).

## AI Etymology
Import comes from Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō (“to carry, bear; convey”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named elements. In current use, the main senses are “To bring goods or products in from another country, usually to sell them” and “A product or good brought in from another country”.

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