<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.</li><li>To bring or introduce from one use, connection, or relation into another: foreign bodies imported into the blood; foodstuffs imported from the farm.</li><li>To convey as meaning or implication; signify: Her words imported a change of attitude.</li><li>To involve as a necessary circumstance; imply: Religion imports belief.</li><li>To bring (documents, data, etc.) into one software program from another.</li><li>To be of consequence or importance to; concern.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>To be of consequence or importance; to matter: We are friends, and it does not import that we have only just met.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.</li><li>The act of importing or bringing in; importation, as of goods from abroad: the import of foreign cars.</li><li>Consequence or importance: matters of great import.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Sense, significance meaning; implication; purport: He felt the import of her words.</li></ul>