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imported

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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.

[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.]

im·porta·bili·ty n.
im·porta·ble adj.
im·porter n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.imported - used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source; "imported wines"
foreign, strange - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
Translations
imported [ɪmˈpɔːtɪd] adjimportado
imported [ɪmˈpɔːtɪd] adjimporté(e)d'importation
imported [ɪmˈpɔːtɪd] import adjimportiert, eingeführt
imported [ɪmˈpɔːtɪd] adjimportato/a


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This frolic put every one in such spirits, that Polly forgot her trouble, and the little girls kissed each other good-night as affectionately as if such things as imported frocks, coup,s, and rival brothers did n't exist "Well, Polly, do you like parties?
And where but from Nantucket, too, did that first adventurous little sloop put forth, partly laden with imported cobble-stones --so goes the story --to throw at the whales, in order to discover when they were nigh enough to risk a harpoon from the bowsprit?
The black labour is too wasteful, however, and in time Chinese or Indian coolies will be imported.
 
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