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to import

21 3.7

To bring data or files into a computer program

verb
/ˈɪmpɔrt/

Specialized

: importar

Public domain films can be downloaded from this site and imported into your digital audio workstation.
import data
import a file
import information

And even crazier, you can import your own own track.

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Examples

You need to import the data file into the software before running the analysis.
Because an MSS is a digital file, teachers can save, import, and revise it when necessary at their convenience.

Academic text (2013)
So what I would normally do is open up camera plus import a photo.
I'm going to go and delete this and import the new one so you guys can see how it works.
So in here we can say assignments, import assignments, and it's going to ask for a file.
Import the video to your laptop.

Nightcrawler (2014)
This is the command you should write to import comments as a CSV file.
Now we just have to see if we can download and import it into Ned's program.

Fay Grim (2007)
Import all preferences from home interface.

Iron Man (2008)
Together we navigate through the steps necessary to import a music file and record voice narration over top.

Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

to load

vsto import

Specialized

140 3.9

To move a file or program into a computer's memory for use

moves data or modules into a program or system rather than only into memory

to input

vsto import

Specialized

23 3.5

To enter data into a computer for processing

targets a specific program or system rather than the whole computer

to ingest

vsto import

Specialized

3 6.3

To put data into a computer system for use or storage

brings files or modules directly into a program or system

Antonyms

to export

Specialized

14 4.3

To move data out of one program so another can use it

Idioms

of import

Archaic

2 5.9

Having a big effect or a lot of value for people

Compounds

import duty

Specialized

1 4.1

A tax the government charges on goods brought into a country

import credit

Specialized

4.7

A bank promise to pay a foreign seller for goods a company buys from another country

import barrier

5.5

A rule or tax that limits goods coming into a country

How Much

to import

Specialized

21 3.7

to load

Specialized

140 3.9

to add

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

import infinitive

imported past

imported past participle

importing present participle

imports third person singular

Morphology

import = im + port

The computing sense is a metaphorical extension of 'bring into' (bringing data into a system) and is readily interpreted from the base parts.

Etymology

The computer verb import uses the same basic idea from Latin in- ('into') and portare ('to carry'): to 'carry in' data. So to import a file is to bring that file 'into' a program or system.