[ɪmˈpɔːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale
(e.g: supermarkets may no longer import cheap jeans from Bulgaria)

- indicate or signify
(e.g: having thus seen, what is imported in a Man's trusting his Heart)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘signify’): from Latin importare ‘bring in’ (in medieval Latin ‘imply, mean, be of consequence’), from in- ‘in’ + portare ‘carry’

[ˈɪmpɔːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a commodity, article, or service brought in from abroad for sale
(e.g: cheap imports from eastern Europe)

- the implicit meaning or significance of something
(e.g: the import of her message is clear)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘signify’): from Latin importare ‘bring in’ (in medieval Latin ‘imply, mean, be of consequence’), from in- ‘in’ + portare ‘carry’