verb
    
    -ports; -ported; -porting
    
    [+ obj] to bring a product into a country to be sold
    
    
    
    computers :to bring (something, such as data) into a file, system, etc., from another source
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural -ports
    
    [count] :something that is imported :a product brought into a country to be sold there
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] :the act of importing something :importation
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] formal :importance
    
    
    
    
    
    [singular] formal :the meaning of something