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1. (n.) imposition
the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
2. imposition
something imposed, as a burden or duty.
3. imposition
the act of imposing by or as if by authority.
4. imposition
deception; imposture.
5. imposition
the arrangement of page plates in proper order on a press for printing a signature.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME imposicioun < LL impositiō)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) imposition, infliction
the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
2. (noun) imposition
an uncalled-for burden
"he listened but resented the imposition"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) imposition
the act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like
2. (noun) imposition
that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax
3. (noun) imposition
an extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment
4. (noun) imposition
an excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture
5. (noun) imposition
the act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc
6. (noun) imposition
the act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4
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Sense: (often withon) to ask someone to do something which he should not be asked to do or which he will find difficult to do
I hope I'm not imposing (on you) by asking you to help.
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 Afrikaans: oplegging |
 Arabic: فَرْض |
 Bulgarian: налагане |
 Brazilian: imposição |
 Czech: uložení; požadavek |
 German: die Belastung |
 Danish: ulejlighed |
 Greek: επιβολή |
 Spanish: imposición |
 Estonian: kohustus |
 Farsi: تحمیل |
 Finnish: määrääminen |
 French: imposition |
 Hebrew: הַטָלָה, טִרחָה |
 Hindi: आरोपण |
 Croatian: nametanje, namet |
 Hungarian: megterhelés, teher(tétel) |
 Indonesian: pemaksaan |
 Icelandic: frekja, misnotkun;álagnin |
 Italian: imposizione |
 Japanese: 押しつけ |
 Korean: 부과 |
 Lithuanian: uždėjimas, primetimas, ap |
 Latvian: aplikšana (ar nodokli u.t |
 Malay: pengenaan |
 Dutch: last |
 Norwegian: byrde |
 Polish: narzucanie (się) |
 Persian: تحمیل |
 Pashto: بارونه، اړونه، تحميل بار، |
 Portuguese: imposição |
 Romanian: impunere |
 Russian: обложение; навязывание |
 Slovak: úloha; uvalenie; daň, pop |
 Slovenian: vsiljevanje |
 Serbian: naturanje |
 Swedish: påläggande, påtvingande |
 Thai: การบีบบังคับ |
 Turkish: yükleme, yürürlüğe koyma; |
 Taiwanese: 課徵，強迫接受 |
 Ukrainian: оподаткування; обкладання |
 Urdu: عائد کرنے کا عمل |
 Vietnamese: sự áp đặt |
 Chinese: 征税，强迫接受 |
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