| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, bearing, bottom line, construction, drift*, gist*, heart*, implication, intendment, intention, interpretation, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of beast, nuts and bolts, point, punch line, purport, score*, sense, significance, significancy, signification, stuff*, thrust, understanding |
| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
Synonyms: |
consequence, design, emphasis, importance, intent, magnitude, moment, momentousness, object, objective, pith, purpose, signification, stress, substance, value, weightiness, worth |
Antonyms: |
insignificance |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | whole effect |
Synonyms: |
body, burden, core, full value, import, matter, purport, result, sense, significance, substance, thrust, upshot, value |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | bearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance |
Synonyms: |
application, connection, import, meaning, pertinence, reference, relation, relevance, weight |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport or accompany |
Synonyms: |
attend, back, bear, buck*, carry, chaperon, companion, conduct, consort, convey, deliver, escort, fetch, gather, guide, gun*, heel, import, lead, lug, pack, pick up, piggyback, ride, schlepp, shoulder, take, take along, tote, transfer, transport, truck, usher |
Antonyms: |
drop, leave, quit, refuse, shun, take |
| Main Entry: | carry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport physical object |
Synonyms: |
backpack, bear, bring, cart, channel, conduct, convey, convoy, displace, ferry, fetch, freight, funnel, give, haul, heft, hoist, import, lift, lug, move, pack, pipe, portage, relay, relocate, remove, schlepp, shift, shoulder, sustain, take, tote, traject, transfer, transmit, transplant, truck, waft |
| Main Entry: | connote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply |
Synonyms: |
add up to, betoken, denote, designate, evidence, express, hint at, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mean, signify, spell, suggest |
Antonyms: |
denote |
| Main Entry: | consequence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, significance |
Synonyms: |
account, concern, exigency, fame, honor, import, interest, magnitude, moment, momentousness, need, note, pith, portent, renown, reputation, repute, signification, value, weight, weightiness |
Antonyms: |
insignificance, unimportance, worthlessness |
| Main Entry: | core |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center, gist |
Synonyms: |
amount, base, basis, body, bottom line, bulk, burden, consequence, corpus, crux, essence, focus, foundation, heart, import, importance, kernel, main idea, mass, meat and potatoes, meat*, middle, midpoint, midst, nitty gritty, nub, nucleus, origin, pith, pivot, purport, quick, root, significance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot |
Antonyms: |
covering, exterior, exteriority, outside, perimeter, surface |
| Main Entry: | count |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have importance |
Synonyms: |
carry weight, cut ice, enter into consideration, import, matter, mean, militate, rate, signify, tell, weigh |