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# import

«import» in Mova's school dictionary: **To bring goods into a country from another country to sell** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (import, imports, imported, importing); noun (an import, imports; import, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To bring goods into a country from another country to sell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#m1)

2) (noun) A product brought in from another country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#m2)

3) (computing) To bring a file or data into a program. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#m3)

4) (formal, noun) Importance, as in «a matter of great import». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and business lessons: countries import and export goods; bananas are imported to the UK. In computing: import photos into a document. In maths, trade problems add up imports and exports. Phrases: import from, imports and exports.

### examples

- The UK imports bananas from the Caribbean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x1)
- Oil is one of the country's main imports. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x2)
- Import the photos onto the laptop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x3)
- Many toys are imported from China. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x4)
- The shop sells imported cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x5)
- This is a matter of great import, said the judge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x6)
- There are no olives in the Ebony Island, and those imported from here fetch a high price. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/#x7)

### note

Stress: verb «im-PORT», noun «IM-port». Opposite: export. In maths, if a country imports more than it exports, it spends more than it earns from trade.

### In the corpora

- [Exports are goods a country sells abroad and imports are goods it buys from abroad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/27-resources-and-what-countries-trade/19/)
- [Trade is buying and selling between countries; an import is something bought from abroad, and an export is something sold abroad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/5/)
- [A shortage is not having enough of something; countries that depend on imports are hit hard when trade is cut off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «import» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/import/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.