Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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import

UK /ˈɪm.pɔːt/ · US /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/ noun, verb

Forms imports importing imported

  1. noun (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
  2. noun (uncountable) The practice of importing.
  3. noun (countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.
  4. verb (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade. “Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming.”
  5. verb (transitive, computing) To load a file into a software application from another version or system. “How can I import files from older versions of this application?”
  6. verb (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
  7. verb (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
  8. verb (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
  9. verb (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
  10. verb (transitive) To mean, signify.
  11. verb (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.
  12. noun (dated) The meaning of a term, statement, etc.
  13. noun (uncountable) Significance, importance “It was a matter of great import.”

Synonyms

importation importancy importance meaning purport significance tenor weight importee signification implication consequence moment spell

Antonyms

export insignificance

Etymology

From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō (“to carry, bear; convey”).

From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin importō.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb 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.
  2. verb To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
  3. verb To signify; to purport; to be of moment. "For that . . .
  4. noun Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; --generally in the plural, opposed to exports.

Etymology [L. importare to bring in, to occasion, to cause; pref. im- in + portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through F. importer, from the Latin. See Port demeanor.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “import”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “import” (best matches first).