import
Bring from abroad
Import centers on the idea of bringing in from outside.
To import goods is to bring them into a country from abroad: China imports oil from Saudi Arabia.
The noun covers both the act and the goods themselves: restrictions on imports.
In computing, to import is to bring data into one program from another.
Import also means significance or meaning: a matter of great import.
The verb can mean to signify: What does this import for our plans?
Quality of mattering
- consequenceResult of an action
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- momentBrief period of time
implication · substance · relevance · bearing · magnitude
Transporting goods to destinations
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- goodsThings for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- productsItems made for sale
wholesale · retail · procurement · sourcing · suppliers · vendors · distribution · warehousing
Required moral task
- tariffTax on traded goods
- declarationFormal public announcement
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
broker · border · quarantine · regulations · prohibited · restricted · smuggling · contraband
Independent functional component
- libraryBook collection or building
- packageWrapped item for delivery
- dependencyState of needing support
- namespaceIdentifier collision prevention container
statement · require · include · header · script · API · framework · path
Concerning relations among countries
- foreignFrom another nation
- overseasIn foreign countries
- crossborderInvolving multiple countries
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
transnational · globalization · offshoring · outsourcing · trading · bilateral · sanctions · treaty
significance
Quality of mattering
- consequenceResult of an action
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- gravityMutual mass attraction
moment · implication · substance · relevance · bearing · magnitude
shipping
Transporting goods to destinations
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- goodsThings for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
products · wholesale · retail · procurement · sourcing · suppliers · vendors · distribution · warehousing · inventory
duty
Required moral task
- tariffTax on traded goods
- declarationFormal public announcement
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
inspection · broker · border · quarantine · regulations · prohibited · restricted · smuggling · contraband · manifest
module
Independent functional component
- libraryBook collection or building
- packageWrapped item for delivery
- dependencyState of needing support
namespace · statement · require · include · header · script · API · framework · path · reference
international
Concerning relations among countries
- foreignFrom another nation
- overseasIn foreign countries
- crossborderInvolving multiple countries
multinational · transnational · globalization · offshoring · outsourcing · trading · bilateral · sanctions · treaty · agreement
- global tradefree trade, tariffs, trade barriers, quotas, trade deficit
- multimediaaudio, video, images, graphics, animation
- tradetrade balance, free trade, trade barriers, customs, trade deficit
- 20th century commercetrade, corporations, e-commerce, mass production, marketing
- homographsalternate, bass, bow, close, compound
- transferstransfer, money transfer, bank transfer, wire transfer, fund transfer
importexport
Foreign-bound sale
exportation · ship out · domestic production · homegrown · local sourcing
importinsignificance
Lack of consequence or weight
triviality · inconsequence · irrelevance · unimportance · meaninglessness
- very importantOf utmost significance
- most importantOf greatest significance
- less importantOf lower significance
- more importantHaving greater significance
- The Importance of Being EarnestVictorian comedy of manners
- most importantlyEmphasizing top priority
important, importance, unimportant, imported, imports, importing, importantly, importer, importation