How to spell import

Import is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T.

hear itim·port/ةھm'poتٹrt/verbSchwa and roots

What it means: To bring goods from another country.

In a sentence: The shop needs to import fresh fruits from another country.

Same family: important, importance, imported, importation, export. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Import” comes from Latin *importare*, meaning “to bring in,” from *in-* (“in”) + *portare* (“to carry”). The sense of “meaning” or “significance” developed from the idea of what a message or event ‘brings into’ a situation.

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