importing

indénombrable

A noun referring to the commercial activity of purchasing and bringing goods into a country from abroad.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'activité commerciale consistant à acheter et à faire entrer des marchandises dans un pays depuis l'étranger.

1. Commercial activity of bringing goods from abroad B2 formal

   The business or process of purchasing and bringing products or services from a foreign country for sale or use.

   • The company specializes in the importing of electronic components from Asia.
   • Importing luxury goods can be subject to high tariffs.
   • The government introduced new regulations to simplify the importing of medical supplies.

   🇫🇷Importation (commerce)

   Synonymes: importimportation

   Antonymes: exporting

• importing's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of bringing goods, services, or data into a country or system from abroad or an external source.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de faire entrer des marchandises, des services ou des données dans un pays ou un système depuis l'étranger ou une source extérieure.

1. Bring goods from abroad B1 formal

   To bring goods or services into a country from another country for sale or use.

   • The company imports coffee from Brazil.
   • Many countries import oil to meet their energy needs.
   • They import electronics from China and sell them locally.

   🇫🇷Importer des marchandises de l'étranger

   Synonymes: bring inintroduce

   Antonymes: export

2. Transfer data B2 formal IT

   To bring data from one system, program, or format into another.

   • You can import the spreadsheet into the database.
   • The software allows you to import photos from your camera.
   • He imported the contacts from his old phone to the new one.

   🇫🇷Importer (informatique)

   Synonymes: bring iningestloadpull inread

   Antonymes: export

• imported past participle
• imported past simple
• importing present participle
• imports third person singular