Associations to the word «Impose»
Noun
- Embargo
- Sanction
- Restriction
- Excise
- Constraint
- Limitation
- Penalty
- Restraint
- Penance
- Tariff
- Tax
- Obligation
- Importation
- Sentencing
- Imposition
- Ban
- Burden
- Blockade
- Censorship
- Taxation
- Quota
- Austerity
- Purchaser
- Sentence
- Punishment
- Liability
- Uniformity
- Quarantine
- Yoke
- Limit
- Segregation
- Imprisonment
- Defendant
- Exile
- Fine
- Probation
- Offender
- Conscription
- Requirement
- Imf
- Reparation
- Blackout
- Levy
- Hardship
- Import
- Violation
- Prohibition
- Deadline
- Statute
- Servitude
- Hegemony
- Cruel
- Duty
- Regime
- Discretion
- Ordinance
- Offence
- Regulation
- Dictatorship
- Apartheid
- Injunction
- Felony
- Taxpayer
- Conformity
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
IMPOSE, verb. (transitive) To establish or apply by authority.
IMPOSE, verb. (intransitive) to be an inconvenience
IMPOSE, verb. To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
IMPOSE, verb. To practice a trick or deception.
IMPOSE, verb. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
IMPOSE, verb. 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.
Dictionary definition
IMPOSE, verb. Compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy".
IMPOSE, verb. Impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students".
IMPOSE, verb. Impose and collect; "levy a fine".
Wise words
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