{
    "term": "import",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a product or service that is brought into one country from another",
            "sensetop": "import from…import into/to…",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "food imports from abroad",
                    "contextForm": "import from…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cheap imports into the United States",
                    "contextForm": "import into/to…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "America has cut its oil imports from the Middle East by 73%."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Imports were valued at £516 million last month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Special duties were imposed on imports into the republic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The value of annual imports rose rapidly."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["main", "major", "foreign"],
                "verb + import": ["boost", "cut", "limit"],
                "import + verb": ["grow", "increase", "rise"],
                "import + noun": ["ban", "control", "restrictions"],
                "preposition": ["import from", "import into"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a ban on imports",
                    "a restriction on imports",
                    "the demand for imports"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of bringing a product or service into one country from another",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The report calls for a ban on the import of hazardous waste."
                },
                {
                    "text": "imports of oil"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**import duties/tariffs**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "import controls/restrictions/quotas"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an import licence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A restricted import quota was set for meat products."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the UK's net imports of food"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of their oil revenues are used to finance imports of consumer and capital goods."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["main", "major", "foreign"],
                "verb + import": ["boost", "cut", "limit"],
                "import + verb": ["grow", "increase", "rise"],
                "import + noun": ["ban", "control", "restrictions"],
                "preposition": ["import from", "import into"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a ban on imports",
                    "a restriction on imports",
                    "the demand for imports"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "importance",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "matters of great import"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the meaning of something, especially when it is not immediately clear",
            "sensetop": "the import (of something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It is difficult to understand the full import of this statement."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪmpɔːt/",
                "audio": "im/import/import__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪmpɔːrt/",
                "audio": "im/import/import__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘signify’): from Latin importare ‘bring in’ (in medieval Latin ‘imply, mean, be of consequence’), from in- ‘in’ + portare ‘carry’."
}