Imported Import Country Goods Verb Bre ɪmˈpɔːt ɪmˈpɔːrt

• the country has to import most of its raw materials.
• goods imported from japan into the us
• customs imported from the west
• the store’s croissants are imported directly from france.

import

1. to bring a product, a service, an idea, etc. into one country from another
• The country has to import most of its raw materials.
• goods imported from Japan into the US
• customs imported from the West
2. to get data from another program, changing its form so that the program you are using can read it

Extra Examples

• The store’s croissants are imported directly from France.
• These dogs are illegally imported into the country.
• goods that are imported to Britain

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they import
• he / she / it imports
• past simple imported
• past participle imported
• -ing form importing

Word Origin

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