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impose::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bring down, inflict, visit |
| Type of | communicate, intercommunicate |
| Has types | obtrude, order, foist, give, intrude, clamp, prescribe, dictate |
| Derivation | imposition |
Examples of impose
impose
They want to impose a compulsory national religion of pseudo-science upon on us.
From the washingtontimes.com
Republicans are floating a proposal to impose a permanent cap on state spending.
From the sacbee.com
Judge Garaufis is trying to impose quotas, and the Justice Department backs him.
From the washingtontimes.com
No government has the right to use the law to impose falsehoods on its citizens.
From the washingtontimes.com
A plan to impose mandatory reductions on emissions died in Congress last summer.
From the kentucky.com
For nearly two years, he claimed the executive muscle to impose unpaid days off.
From the sacbee.com
Several governments are threatening to impose quotas for women in the boardroom.
From the economist.com
To impose such a ban just six weeks out from an election is thus unconscionable.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It looks paradoxical to impose freedom by force but sometimes it has to be done.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
- Enforce: compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy"
- Inflict: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
- Levy: impose and collect; "levy a fine"
- (imposed) set forth authoritatively as obligatory; "the imposed taxation"; "rules imposed by society"
- (imposing) baronial: impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
- (imposing) distinguished: used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
- Imposing was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse.
- Imposition is one of the fundamental steps in the prepress printing process. It consists in the arrangement of the printed productu2019s pages on the printeru2019s sheet, in order to obtain faster printing, simplify binding and reduce paper waste.
- (imposing) Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity
