To bring goods or services into a country from abroad for sale. The company plans to import electronics from Japan to expand its product line.
To introduce an idea or concept from one context into another. The professor decided to import new teaching methods from European universities.
To transfer data or files from one system or format to another. You can import the data from the spreadsheet into the database for analysis.
(Archaic) To signify; to mean; to be of consequence. What does all this noise import?