Import
Import verb - To be of importance.
Take
Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.
How words are described
| direct | direct import | direct take |
| actual | actual import | actual take |
| great | great import | great take |
| serious | serious import | serious take |
| Other adjectives: classic, odd, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Happenings of great import, such people dying, take up more real time than do mundane tasks.
Source: Narnia Time -
They want her to fail so that they can take her off life-support and import a replacement citizen capable of working on the Farms.
Source: Moving the Goalposts -
In Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, the only non-Max character of any import to live through to the end of the game is Jim Bravura, who happened to take a few bullets to the torso first.
Source: Everybody's Dead, Dave
Cite this Source
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