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1. (v.t.) impose
to apply or establish by or as if by authority:
to impose taxes.
2. impose
to thrust intrusively upon others:
to impose oneself uninvited.
3. impose
to pass or palm off fraudulently or deceptively.
4. impose
to lay (type pages, plates, etc.) in proper order on a slab of stone or metal and secure in a chase for printing.
5. impose
to inflict, as a penalty.
6. (v.i.) impose
to obtrude oneself or one's needs upon others:
Are you sure my request doesn't impose?
Etymology: (1475–85; < MF imposer < L impōnere to put in or upon, impose =im-im -1+pōnere to put, place)
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| Definition of 'impose' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) enforce, impose
compel to behave in a certain way
"Social relations impose courtesy"
2. (verb) inflict, bring down, visit, impose
impose something unpleasant
"The principal visited his rage on the students"
3. (verb) levy, impose
impose and collect
"levy a fine"
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1. (verb) impose
to force to accept or have
to impose a ban/tax/condition/belief on sth/sb
2. impose
to disturb, interrupt, or bother; = inconvenience
I would ask them if we could stay with them, but I don't want to impose.
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| Definition of 'impose' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) impose
a command; injunction
2. (verb) impose
to lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit
3. (verb) impose
to lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute
4. (verb) impose
to lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination
5. (verb) impose
to arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc
6. (verb) impose
to practice trick or deception
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Sense: to place (a tax, fine, task etc) on someone or something
The government have imposed a new tax on cigarettes.
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 Afrikaans: oplê |
 Arabic: يَفْرِض عَلى |
 Bulgarian: налагам |
 Brazilian: impôr |
 Czech: uvalit, zavést |
 German: auferlegen |
 Danish: pålægge |
 Greek: επιβάλλω κτ. σε κπ. ή κτ. |
 Spanish: imponer |
 Estonian: kehtestama |
 Farsi: کردن؛ بستن |
 Finnish: määrätä |
 French: taxer |
 Hebrew: לְהָטִיל |
 Hindi: लागू करना |
 Croatian: nametnuti |
 Hungarian: (adót, vámot stb.) vet ki |
 Indonesian: membebankan |
 Icelandic: leggjaá |
 Italian: imporre |
 Japanese: 課する |
 Korean: 부과하다 |
 Lithuanian: uždėti |
 Latvian: aplikt (ar nodokli u.tml. |
 Malay: mengenakan |
 Dutch: opleggen |
 Norwegian: pålegge, ilegge |
 Polish: nakładać |
 Persian: کردن؛ بستن |
 Pashto: پراړول (بار)،مسوْوليت ورت |
 Portuguese: impôr |
 Romanian: a impune |
 Russian: облагать |
 Slovak: uvaliť |
 Slovenian: naložiti |
 Serbian: nametnuti |
 Swedish: lägga på, införa |
 Thai: กำหนด |
 Turkish: uygulamak, yürürlüğe koym |
 Taiwanese: 課(稅)，課以(罰款)，賦予(任務) |
 Ukrainian: оподатковувати; обкладати |
 Urdu: عائد کرنا |
 Vietnamese: đánh thuế |
 Chinese: 征（税），罚（款)，推行 |
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