Importing

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of import form-of, gerund, participle, present

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accessadmissionentranceentreeentryimport

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"It is foreseen that, due to the decline in grain production, China will quickly become a world leading grain importing country, overtaking Japan."

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