import

noun

/ˈɪmpɔːt/

/ˈɪmpɔːrt/

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[countable, usually plural] a product or service that is brought into one country from another
- import from… food imports from abroad
- import into/to… cheap imports into the United States
opposite export
Collocations The economy
The economyManaging the economy
- handle/run/manage the economy
- boost investment/spending/employment/growth
- stimulate demand/the economy/industry
- cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
- reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
- create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
- encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
- encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
- increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
- ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
- the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
- enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
Economic problems
- push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
- damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
- cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
- experience/suffer a recession/downturn
- fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
- cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
- create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
- cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
- face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
- be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
Public finance
- cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
- increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
- raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
- ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
- balance the (state/federal) budget
- achieve/maintain a balanced budget
- run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
- impose taxes/austerity measures
Extra Examples
- America has cut its oil imports from the Middle East by 73%.
- Imports were valued at £516 million last month.
- Special duties were imposed on imports into the republic.
- The value of annual imports rose rapidly.
Topics Moneyb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- main
- major
- foreign
- …
verb + import
- boost
- cut
- limit
- …
import + verb
- grow
- increase
- rise
- …
import + noun
- ban
- control
- restrictions
- …
preposition
- import from
- import into
phrases
- a ban on imports
- a restriction on imports
- the demand for imports
- …
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[uncountable, plural] the act of bringing a product or service into one country from another
- The report calls for a ban on the import of hazardous waste.
- imports of oil
- import duties/tariffs
- import controls/restrictions/quotas
- an import licence
opposite export
Wordfinder
- boom
- business
- commerce
- embargo
- import
- market
- monopoly
- sanction
- tariff
- trade
- A restricted import quota was set for meat products.
- the UK's net imports of food
- Most of their oil revenues are used to finance imports of consumer and capital goods.
Topics Moneyb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- main
- major
- foreign
- …
verb + import
- boost
- cut
- limit
- …
import + verb
- grow
- increase
- rise
- …
import + noun
- ban
- control
- restrictions
- …
preposition
- import from
- import into
phrases
- a ban on imports
- a restriction on imports
- the demand for imports
- …
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[uncountable] (formal) importance
- matters of great import
[singular] the import (of something) (formal) the meaning of something, especially when it is not immediately clear
- It is difficult to understand the full import of this statement.

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

import

verb

/ɪmˈpɔːt/

/ɪmˈpɔːrt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they import	/ɪmˈpɔːt/ /ɪmˈpɔːrt/
he / she / it imports	/ɪmˈpɔːts/ /ɪmˈpɔːrts/
past simple imported	/ɪmˈpɔːtɪd/ /ɪmˈpɔːrtɪd/
past participle imported	/ɪmˈpɔːtɪd/ /ɪmˈpɔːrtɪd/
-ing form importing	/ɪmˈpɔːtɪŋ/ /ɪmˈpɔːrtɪŋ/

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to bring a product, a service, an idea, etc. into one country from another
- import something The country has to import most of its raw materials.
- import something from… customs imported from the West
- import something into/to… the cost of importing petroleum products into the country
- import something (from…) (into/to…) goods imported from Japan into the US
Extra Examples
- The store's croissants are imported directly from France.
- These dogs are illegally imported into the country.
Topics Moneyb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- directly
- illegally
- legally
- …
preposition
- from
- into
- to
- …
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import something (from…) (into…) (computing) to get data from another program, changing its form so that the program you are using can read itTopics Computersb2

opposite export

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

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