import
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(verb) bring in from abroad |
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Related Words: merchandise, smuggle, trade |
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Antonyms: export |
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(noun) goods or services bought from a foreign country |
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Related Words: commodity, goods |
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Antonyms: export |
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(noun) a person (such as an actor or musician or celebrity) brought from a foreign country |
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Related Words: alien, foreigner, noncitizen, outlander |
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(verb) indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" |
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Synonyms: spell |
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Related Words: intend, mean |
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(noun) having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment that security" |
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Synonyms: consequence, moment |
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Related Words: hell to pay, matter, significance |
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(noun) a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" |
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Synonyms: implication, significance |
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Related Words: meaning, sense, substance |
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(noun) the message that is intended or expressed |
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Synonyms: meaning, significance, signification |
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Related Words: burden, connotation, content, core, effect, essence, gist, grammatical meaning, intension, intent, lesson, lexical meaning, message, moral, nicety, nuance, overtone, point, purport, referent, refinement, sense, shade, spirit, subject matter, substance, subtlety, symbolization |
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