noun / verb
import
The importance of something.
The decision has lasting import for the community.
Etymology
The Latin verb includes bringing in and signifying. Import developed from what a matter carries in meaning to the importance or consequence that meaning gives it.
More examples
- It was a matter of great import.
- They underestimated the discovery's import.
- The phrase describes events that import little to the wider story.
Forms
import · imports · imported · importing
Similar words
- importance
- The ordinary term for significance or consequence.
- weight
- Figuratively emphasizes influence or seriousness.