importとは

語源 1

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 (“I carry, bear; convey”).

名詞

import (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 imports)

1. (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
2. (uncountable) The practice of importing.
3. (uncountable) Significance, importance.

   It was a matter of great import.

同意語

• (significance): importancy, importance, meaning, significance, weight

反意語

• (practice of importing): export
• (something brought in from a foreign country): export
• insignificance

動詞

import (三人称単数 現在形 imports, 現在分詞 importing, 過去形および過去分詞形 imported)

1. (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
2. (transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.

   How can I import files from older versions of this application?

引用

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:import.

反意語

• (bring in from a foreign country): export

派生語

語源 2

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

動詞

import (三人称単数 現在形 imports, 現在分詞 importing, 過去形および過去分詞形 imported)

1. (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
   • 1661, Thomas Salusbury:

     See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.

2. (transitive) To be of importance to (someone または something).
   • 1593, Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost:

     This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: It is writ to laquenetta.

   • Dryden

     If I endure it, what imports it you?

3. (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
   • 1762, David Hume, The History of England:

     It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.

4. (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
   • 1819, Shelley, "The Cenci":

     It much imports your house That all should be made clear.

5. (transitive) To mean, signify.
   • Hooker

     Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together.

6. (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.

参照

• “import” in John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors, The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.