Crossword-Solution: IMPORT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Import | v. t. | To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc. |
| Import | v. t. | To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. |
| Import | v. t. | To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern. |
| Import | v. i. | To signify; to purport; to be of moment. |
| Import | n. | Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports. |
| Import | n. | That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like. |
| Import | n. | Importance; weight; consequence. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEEAR
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greedy person
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Sentences with IMPORT (5)
With few natural resources Belgium must import essential raw materials, making its economy closely dependent on the state of world markets.
Every turn, look, word, and accent contained a mystery quite distinct from its obvious import, and not one had ever been pondered by him until now.
The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace only because I had not fathomed its deeper import.
Putting things together, I reached a strong suggestion of an extensive system of subterranean ventilation, whose true import it was difficult to imagine.
The pattern here, as with other hackish grammatical quirks, is generalization of an inflectional rule that in English is either an import or a fossil (such as the Hebrew plural ending `-im', or the Anglo-Saxon plural suffix `-en') to cases where it isn't normally considered to apply.
Quotes with IMPORT (3)
The average human being is actually quite bad at predicting what he or she should do in order to be happier, and this inability to predict keeps people from, well, being happier. In fact, psychologist Daniel Gilbert has made a career out of demonstrating that human beings are downright awful at predicting their own likes and dislikes. For example, most research subjects strongly believe that another $30,000 a year in income would make them much happier. And they feel equally …
Summer on the high plateau can be delectable as honey; it can also be a roaring scourge. To those who love the place, both are good, since both are part of its essential nature. And it is to know its essential nature that I am seeking here. To know, that is, with the knowledge that is a process of living. This is not done easily nor in an hour. It is a tale too slow for the impatience of our age, not of immediate enough import for its desperate problems. Yet it has its own ra…
The path of life is strewn with many perils and the folly of knowledge is one of the greatest dangers. Wisdom is a treacherous weapon, little master, for it is sundered from compassion. All too often the end of the journey gains more import than it should and the wise become blind to the road and the method of their passing.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 80 times in crossword archives (1953–2025).