Definition of Of import

1. Adjective. Of great significance or value. "The important questions of the day"

Exact synonyms: Important
Attributes: Importance
Also: Essential, Important, Significant, Valuable
Similar to: All Important, All-important, Crucial, Essential, Of The Essence, Alpha, Beta, Big, Burning, Cardinal, Central, Fundamental, Key, Primal, Chief, Main, Master, Primary, Principal, Consequential, Eventful, Copernican, Distinguished, Grand, Grave, Grievous, Heavy, Weighty, Great, Outstanding, Historic, In-chief, Measurable, Most-valuable, Serious, Strategic
Derivative terms: Importance
Antonyms: Unimportant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Of Import

of all people
of all things
of all time
of an
of biblical proportions
of blessed memory
of choice
of color
of colour
of course
of each person
of even date
of fame
of her own
of his own
of import (current term)
of importance
of late
of means
of my own
of necessity
of note
of one's own
of one's own accord
of one mind
of our own
of record
of shame
of sorts
of sound mind(p)

Literary usage of Of import

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and, when all of import had been utter'd to his son, Moved back and sate him down. Meriones, The gallant follower of Idomeneus, Fifth for the race, ..."

2. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"... can only be appreciated through a knowledge of the elaborate system of import and export duties and prohibitions of import and export which characterize ..."

3. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"Subject continued • The Negative Use of Import and Export Statistics .... 231 VIII.—Subject continued : Other Uses of Import and Export Statistics. ..."

4. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1922)
"The four purposes of import duties, 57. Export duties, 59. Bounties, 60. Inspection laws, 62. Embargoes, 63. Tonnage duties, 63. ..."

5. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"Copy of Statement of the Rates of Import Duties levied in European Countries, Egypt, the United States, Japan, China, and Persia, upon the Produce and ..."

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