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imported

verb
USim-POR-tid/ɪmˈpɔɹtɪd/UKim-PAW-tid/ɪmˈpɔːtɪd/

1 meaning of imported

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    verb
    Simple past and past participle of import.

    The merchant imported silk and spices along the old trade routes.

    Most of the electronics sold here are imported from Asia.

    Note

    One regular -ed spelling does two jobs. It is the simple past (they imported the goods) and the participle used after have in the perfect (has imported) or after be in the passive (was imported from Asia). The same form also carries the verb's sense of mattering. That sense takes no object and so never turns passive: what imported most was the timing. Files are imported too, in software.

imported is a form of import

import, verb: To bring something into a country from abroad, especially goods meant for sale or trade. Full entry

Forms
importimports he/she/itimporting -ing formimported past tense, past participle
Spelling
import → imported: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.

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