To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
To mean, signify.
To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
To be of importance to (someone or something).
Significance, importance.
The practice of importing.
Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
A foreigner playing in a sports league.
To make (information or facts) known.
To apply a surface to something.
To become known or apparent; to appear or be found.
To provide something with a surface.
To bring to the surface.
To come out of hiding.
To work a mine near the surface.
To rise to the surface.
Outward or external appearance.
The outside hull of a tangible object.
The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.