Enter vs Import - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between enter and import

is that enter is the "enter" key on a computer keyboard while import is import (the act of importing).

enter

English

Alternative forms

* entre

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.

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(lb) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

(lb) To go or come into (a state or profession).

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(lb) To type (something) into a computer; to .

(lb) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.

To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.

*:I am pleased to notify the Congress of my intent to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Government of Singapore.

To become effective; to come into effect.

(lb) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.

(legal) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order.

to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment

(Burrill)

to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry .

(transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption.

to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).

entered according to act of Congress

(obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.

*:This sword but shown to Caesar, with this tidings, / Shall enter me with him.

Synonyms

* go in * come in

Antonyms

* (intransitive) exit

Derived terms

* entrance

Noun

(en noun)

(computing)

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Anagrams

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import

English

Etymology 1

(verb) From (etyl) importen, from (etyl) importer, from (etyl) .

Noun

(wikipedia import)

(countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.

(uncountable) The practice of importing.

(uncountable) Significance, importance.

Synonyms

* (significance) importancy, importance, meaning, significance, weight

Antonyms

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

Verb

(en verb)

To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.

To load a file into a software application from another version or system.

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

Quotations

* (English Citations of "import")

Derived terms

* importable * important * importer * importation

Antonyms

* (bring in from a foreign country) export

Etymology 2

From (etyl) importare, and (etyl) importer, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

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.''

To be of importance to (someone or 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?

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.

To be important or crucial to (that something happen).

* 1819 , Shelley, "The Cenci":

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

To mean, signify.

* Hooker

Every petition always import a multitude of speakers together.

(archaic) To express, to imply.

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