importing
- 1Present participle and gerund of import.
The firm began importing electronics after local demand surged.
Importing raw materials at lower prices cut their production costs.
Note
The same -ing spelling does two grammatical jobs. As a participle it builds the progressive (they were importing grain). As a gerund it works like a noun, standing as a subject or after a preposition (profits grew through importing). In the trade and software senses it needs a direct object: importing goods, importing a file. The sense of mattering or being of consequence can stand alone, with no object.
importing is a form of import
import, verb: To bring something into a country from abroad, especially goods meant for sale or trade. Full entry
- Spelling
- import → importing: add -ing
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