| import | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. import, importation | commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country. |
| ~ commodity, trade good, good | articles of commerce. |
| n. (person) | 2. import, importee | an imported person brought from a foreign country.; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees" |
| ~ alien, foreigner, noncitizen, outlander | a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country. |
| n. (communication) | 3. import, meaning, significance, signification | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ lexical meaning | the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express. |
| ~ grammatical meaning | the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form. |
| ~ symbolisation, symbolization | the use of symbols to convey meaning. |
| ~ signified, sense | the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted.; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified" |
| ~ connotation, intension | what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression. |
| ~ referent | something referred to; the object of a reference. |
| ~ gist, burden, essence, effect, core | the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. |
| ~ purport, intent, spirit | the intended meaning of a communication. |
| ~ moral, lesson | the significance of a story or event.; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor" |
| ~ nuance, subtlety, nicety, refinement, shade | a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" |
| ~ overtone | (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality.; "overtones of despair" |
| ~ point | a brief version of the essential meaning of something.; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. implication, import, significance | a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred.; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" |
| ~ meaning, substance | the idea that is intended.; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. consequence, import, moment | having important effects or influence.; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence" |
| ~ matter | (used with negation) having consequence.; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games" |
| ~ significance | the quality of being significant.; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power" |
| ~ hell to pay | dire consequences.; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay" |
| v. (possession) | 6. import | bring in from abroad. |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ merchandise, trade | engage in the trade of.; "he is merchandising telephone sets" |
| ~ smuggle | import or export without paying customs duties.; "She smuggled cigarettes across the border" |
| v. (possession) | 7. import | transfer (electronic data) into a database or document. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ transfer | move from one place to another.; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" |
| v. (communication) | 8. import, spell | indicate or signify.; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" |
| ~ mean, intend | mean or intend to express or convey.; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" |
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