Import
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Something brought in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade. The practice of importing. Significance, importance.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade. To load a file into a software application for use as a resource in a greater data file. To mean, signify To express, to imply. To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence. To be of importance to (someone or something). To be incumbent on (someone to do something). To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
Example sentence: Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit.
Significance
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the extent to which something matters; importancemeaning
Example sentence: The scientific content of Genesis 1-11 holds special significance for me because it revolutionized my thinking and, thus, changed my life's direction. Until I reached my late teens, my singular passion was science, astronomy in particular. My life's purpose was to learn more about the universe; nothing beyond that really interested me.