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Import is a related term of objective.


As a noun import

is import (the act of importing).

As a verb objective is

.

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.

    • References

    * English heteronyms ----

    objective

    English

    (Objectivity)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
  • Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
  • Based on observed facts.
  • *
  • (grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
  • *

    • Usage notes

    * Said of account, judgment, criteria, person, existence, or observation.

    Antonyms

    * subjective

    Derived terms

    * nonobjective * objective correlative * objectivity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A material object that physically exists.
  • A goal that is striven for.
  • *
  • *
    • Objectives' are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals. They must be verifiable in some way, whether that?s statistically – ‘the more I do this, the better I get at it? – or by some other achievable concept such as getting the job or relationship that you want. It?s crucial that your ' objectives lead you logically towards your goal and are quantifiable.
  • (grammar) The objective case; a noun or pronoun in that case.
  • The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.

    • Synonyms

    * See also