imports

Goods from abroad

Imports are goods or services brought into a country from abroad: The nation's imports exceeded its exports.

The verb import means to bring in from a foreign source, or more broadly, to transfer data into a system or application.

Figuratively, the import of something is its meaning or significance: The full import of her words didn't hit me until later.

trade

exports

Goods sold abroad

freight · merchandise · commodities · tariff · customs · duty · quota · embargo · restrictions · regulations

logistics

shipment

Goods being transported

dock · port · warehouse · clearance · manifest · inspection · transit · arrival · unloading · distribution

significance

importance

State of mattering

implication · gravity · moment · bearing · relevance · substance

computing

module

Independent functional component

namespace · statement · function · class · script · header · include · require · reference · external

Categories
Opposites
trade direction

importsexports

Goods sold abroad

exportation

origin

importsdomestics

Household service workers

significance/meaning

importstrivialities

Insignificant matters

insignificances · inconsequentialities · trifles · irrelevancies · meaninglessness

Phrases
Family

import, imported, importing, importer, importation, importers, importations, reimport, reimports

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G