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impose
[ im-pohz ]
verb (used with object)
- to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.:
to impose taxes.
- to put or set by or as if by authority:
to impose one's personal preference on others.
- to obtrude or thrust (oneself, one's company, etc.) upon others.
- to pass or palm off fraudulently or deceptively:
He imposed his pretentious books on the public.
- Printing. to lay (type pages, plates, etc.) in proper order on an imposing stone or the like and secure in a chase for printing.
- to lay on or inflict, as a penalty.
- Archaic. to put or place on something, or in a particular place.
- Obsolete. to lay on (the hands) ceremonially, as in confirmation or ordination.
verb (used without object)
- to make an impression on the mind; impose one's or its authority or influence.
- to obtrude oneself or one's requirements, as upon others:
Are you sure my request doesn't impose?
- to presume, as upon patience or good nature.
impose
/ ɪmˈpəʊz /
verb
- tr to establish as something to be obeyed or complied with; enforce
to impose a tax on the people
- to force (oneself, one's presence, etc) on another or others; obtrude
- intr to take advantage, as of a person or quality
to impose on someone's kindness
- tr printing to arrange pages so that after printing and folding the pages will be in the correct order
- tr to pass off deceptively; foist
to impose a hoax on someone
- tr (of a bishop or priest) to lay (the hands) on the head of a candidate for certain sacraments
Derived Forms
- imˈposer, noun
- imˈposable, adjective
Other Words From
- im·pos·a·ble adjective
- im·pos·er noun
- o·ver·im·pose verb (used with object) overimposed overimposing
- pre·im·pose verb (used with object) preimposed preimposing
- re·im·pose verb reimposed reimposing
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of impose1
Example Sentences
Speaking on Sunday Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri said imposing the limit will "allow everyone to better enjoy the fountain, without crowds or confusion".
Inside the imposing sand coloured and fortress-like walls of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh there is a perhaps justifiable sense of pique.
Hamas and two other Palestinian militant groups said that reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza "has become closer than ever before" only if Israel "stops imposing new conditions".
"These cases are more serious because they are imposed by a criminal organisation, by a group and its leader, who imposes fear on the whole territory it dominates."
California regulators voted Thursday to impose a permanent set of workplace rules aimed at protecting countertop cutters from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been killing young workers.
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