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[ verb ] (business) bring in from abroad
Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)When McFeeley was halfway to the door , the proprietor emerged - a mountainous , dark man , his head thick_with resiny black hair , his eyes like two of the black_olives he imported in boatloads . |
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[ noun ] (business) commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
Synonyms Used in print (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Capital imports drawn from a number of sources must be employed and combined skillfully enough to permit domestic investment programming to go_forward . |
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[ noun ] the message that is intended or expressed or signified
Synonyms Examples "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" Used in print (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)The terms `` renewal '' and `` refreshed '' , which often come_up in aesthetic discussion , seem partly to derive their import from the `` renewal '' of purpose and a `` refreshed '' sense of significance a person may receive from poetry , drama , and fiction . |
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[ noun ] an imported person brought from a foreign country
Synonyms Examples "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden" "they are descendants of indentured importees" Used in print (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)Old_Order , acted and atonally sung by Grunnfeu_Arapacis , the lovely Serbantian import , then entered and delivered the well-known invocation to the god Phineoppus , whereupon the stage is quite unexpectedly visited by a company of wandering Gorshek priests , symbolizing Love , Lust , Prudence and General_Motors , respectively . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
Synonyms Examples "the significance of his remark became clear only later" "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" |
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[ noun ] having important effects or influence
Synonyms Examples "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself" "virtue is of more moment that security" Related terms |
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