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importare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • borrow verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.
  • heed verb To pay close attention to advice or a warning and take it seriously.
  • import noun A product or good brought into a country from abroad for sale.
  • matter noun Physical substance in general — anything that has mass and takes up space.

Senses

importare is used for these senses in English:

  • borrow (arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
  • heed (transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  • import (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.

borrow — full definition

  1. verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.
  2. verb To adopt an idea, word, or style from somewhere else and use it as your own.

heed — full definition

  1. verb To pay close attention to advice or a warning and take it seriously.
  2. noun Careful attention paid to something.

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