Imported vs Entered - What's the difference?
imported | entered |
(import)
(countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
(uncountable) The practice of importing.
(uncountable) Significance, importance.
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.
To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
* 1661 , Thomas Salusbury:
To be of importance to (someone or something).
* 1593 , Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost :
* Dryden
To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
* 1762 , David Hume, The History of England :
To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
* 1819 , Shelley, "The Cenci":
To mean, signify.
* Hooker
(archaic) To express, to imply.
(enter)
(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.
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(lb) To go or come into (a state or profession).
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, title= (lb) To type (something) into a computer; to .
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(lb) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
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To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
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*: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.
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(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 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.
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to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
(obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
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*:This sword but shown to Caesar, with this tidings, / Shall enter me with him.
As verbs the difference between imported and entered
is that imported is (import) while entered is (enter).imported
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Verb
(head)import
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Etymology 1
(verb) From (etyl) importen, from (etyl) importer, from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia import)Synonyms
* (significance) importancy, importance, meaning, significance, weightAntonyms
* (practice of importing) export * (something brought in from a foreign country) export * insignificanceVerb
(en verb)- How can I import files from older versions of this application?
Quotations
* (English Citations of "import")Derived terms
* importable * important * importer * importationAntonyms
* (bring in from a foreign country) exportEtymology 2
From (etyl) importare, and (etyl) importer, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.''
- This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: It is writ to laquenetta.
- If I endure it, what imports it you?
- It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.
- It much imports your house That all should be made clear.
- Every petition always import a multitude of speakers together.
References
* English heteronyms ----entered
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(head)Statistics
*enter
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Alternative forms
* entreVerb
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- to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment
- (Burrill)
- entered according to act of Congress