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importation

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P AO0 R T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or an instance of importing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Broader terms: loan

5

noun

Meaning 5

The logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

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6

noun

Meaning 6

the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: importing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism

Narrower terms: smuggling

7

noun

Meaning 7

commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: import

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commodity, trade good, good

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English import Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English importation From import + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: importació — the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
  • French: importation — the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
  • Italian: importazione — the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
  • Portuguese: importação — the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
  • Spanish: importación — the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
  • Ukrainian: вве́зення (vvézennja) — the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
  • Ukrainian: ввіз (vviz) — the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
  • Ukrainian: і́мпорт (ímport) — the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
  • Ukrainian: імпортува́ння (importuvánnja) — the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
  • Finnish: tuonti — A term consisting of formally foreign elements
  • German: lexikalische Entlehnung — A term consisting of formally foreign elements
  • German: lexikalischer Import — A term consisting of formally foreign elements
  • Swedish: lån — A term consisting of formally foreign elements