Meanings
nounimportation (countable and uncountable, plural importations)
plural importations
- countableuncountableThe act or an instance of importing.
"A subway would require the importation of workers from Russia," says a young man from Rīga.
1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 630 - countableuncountableThe act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country.
- countableuncountableThat which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
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nouncommodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan importació
- importacióthe act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
Finnish tuonti
- tuontiA term consisting of formally foreign elements
French importation
- importationthe act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
German lexikalische Entlehnung, lexikalischer Import
- lexikalische EntlehnungA term consisting of formally foreign elements
- lexikalischer ImportA term consisting of formally foreign elements
Italian importazione
- importazionethe act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
Portuguese importação
- importaçãothe act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
Spanish importación
- importaciónthe act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
Swedish lån
- lånA term consisting of formally foreign elements
Ukrainian вве́зення, ввіз
- вве́зення (vvézennja)the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
- ввіз (vviz)the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
- і́мпорт (ímport)the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
- імпортува́ння (importuvánnja)the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with importation
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
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APA
importation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/importation
MLA
“importation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/importation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “importation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/importation.
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