Importable

im·port  (m-pôrt, -prt, mpôrt, -prt)

v. im·port·ed, im·port·ing, im·ports

v.tr.

1. 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. Computer Science To receive (data) into one program from another.

3. To carry or hold the meaning of; signify: a high inflation rate importing hard times for the consumer.

4. To imply.

5. Archaic To have importance for.

v.intr.

To be significant. See Synonyms at count¹.

n. (mpôrt, -prt)

1. Something imported.

2. The act or occupation of importing goods or materials.

3. Meaning; signification. See Synonyms at meaning.

4. Importance; significance: a legal decision of far-reaching import. See Synonyms at importance.

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[Middle English importen, to convey a meaning, from Medieval Latin importre and from Old French importer, to cause, both from Latin importre, to carry in, cause : in-, in; see in-² + portre, to carry; see per-² in Indo-European roots.]

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im·porta·bili·ty n.

im·porta·ble adj.

im·porter n.