import
Translation
to import
Examples
The UK imports coffee from Brazil.
The UK imports coffee from Brazil.
You can import data from another file.
You can import data from another file.
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) ((from ...)) to import (sth.) from (a place) The UK imports coffee from Brazil.
((sth.)) ((into ...)) to import (sth.) into (a program/file) You can import data into the spreadsheet.
Similar Words
Synonyms: bring in, introduce; Antonyms: export, send out
Etymology
From Latin 'importare' (to bring in), from 'im-' (in) + 'portare' (to carry).
Memory Tips
Think 'carry in'. Remember it with its opposite, 'export' (to carry out). Also used as a noun (an import).