Impose

Word IMPOSE
Character 6
Hyphenation im pose
Pronunciations /ɪmˈpəʊz/

Definitions and meanings of "Impose"

What do we mean by impose?

To establish or apply as compulsory; levy. intransitive verb

To bring about by authority or force; force to prevail. intransitive verb

To obtrude or force (oneself, for example) on another or others. intransitive verb

To arrange (type or plates) on an imposing stone. intransitive verb

To offer or circulate fraudulently; pass off. intransitive verb

To force oneself on or take unfair advantage of others. intransitive verb

Command; injunction. noun

To lay on, or set on; put, place, or deposit: as, to impose, the hands in ordination or confirmation.

To lay as a burden, or something to be borne or endured; levy, inflict, or enforce, as by authority, power, or influence: as, to impose taxes or penalties; to impose one's opinions upon others.

To obtrude fallaciously or deceitfully; palm off; pass off.

To fix upon; impute.

To subject by way of punishment.

In printing, to lay upon an imposing-stone or the bed of a press and secure in a chase, as pages of type or stereotype plates.

To lay or place a burden or restraint; act with constraining effect: with upon: as, to impose upon one's patience or hospitality.

To practise misleading trickery or imposture; act with a delusive effect: with upon: as, to impose upon one with false pretenses.

A command; injunction. noun

To practice tricks or deception. intransitive verb

To take unfair advantage of (a person, a friendship). intransitive verb

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. transitive verb

To establish or apply by authority.

To be an inconvenience (on or upon)

To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way

To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).

To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

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.

Levy, require, demand Urban Dictionary

Tending to force something unwelcome or unwanted to be accepted or put in its place. Urban Dictionary

Someone who thinks they can be something without a degree. Ex photographer Urban Dictionary

When you invite others to a gathering via group chat thus making it harder on the host to refuse Urban Dictionary

One who sneaks into the background of a person or group of people posing for a picture, usually making a face or picking their nose, totally unbeknownst to the photographer. Sometimes, the savvy photo-imposer will even squeeze in with a group of friends posing for a *guest phtographer. Urban Dictionary

When a girl sucks your dick and balls at the same time. Urban Dictionary

Where you are trying to hold in a deep breath but then unintentionally do something that obliges you to "pop" whether ya want to or not. Urban Dictionary

The fishy faced pout that girls do when taking pictures of themselves either in the mirror or holding the camera out in front of them. Urban Dictionary

The act of Rick Rolling yourself just because you have that damn song stuck in your head. Urban Dictionary

When you don't find any Prequel meme in this dictionary Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Impose

The word "impose" in example sentences

The government will again impose the extraordinary tax on profitable Greek companies in 2011 for earnings derived within the country. ❋ Nick Skrekas (2010)

He wants to really reduce our dependence on oil entirely, invest in wind and solar and biomass, get away from our dependence on oil, and at the same time in the short term impose a windfall profits tax on the huge profits that oil companies get, and use some of that to help consumers here in the United States. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Instead, the most severe consequence you would impose is that they lose their license? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Well, we do go about as far as I think we can go in urging companies to make better disclosures and to issue more frequent statements, and in the final analysis the only penalty we can impose is to suspend or delist its shares. ❋ Unknown (1966)

It looks as if the writer had meant by a short cut to give us both ideas; if so, his guilt is clear; and if we call impose a mere slip in idiom, the confusion is none the less apparent. ❋ Unknown (1908)

Certainly, both Italy and Spain need to carry out structural reforms, but these take a long time to show positive effects and in the short-term impose costs. ❋ Unknown (2011)

a horse, or take the carriage and drive for a week's journey, and, in short, impose upon these good people in every conceivable way. ❋ Letitia M Burwell (1895)

Well, technically it would have been a more sensible question during the 2005 General Election campaign, but yes, the question still stands: Why didn’t Britain impose similar restrictions to those used by just about every other old Member State? ❋ Unknown (2010)

As an uninsured I just hate to have to walk in blind and alone to a hospital to face whatever cost they choose to impose, which is likely higher than for insured folks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

MAX MOSLEY, PRESIDENT, FIA: The penalty that we've imposed is the harshest one we can impose, which is disqualification. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As for which regulations to impose, that isn't rocket science. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And he writes of the new movement to achieve this his emphasis: “It must first of all be united, grouped together; it must be numerous, that is to say forming a Great Order of chivalry, because if we arenumerous and disciplined, we will be strong, because if we are strong we will be feared and can conquer, that is to say impose on the masses a doctrine and an ideal.” ❋ Lynn Picknett (2006)

Upon coral blocks, which represent the skeletons of polyps in orderly and systematic profusion, other creatures more highly organised appear, having in one feature a family likeness to the polyps, upon whose hospitality they impose, that is, if the setting up of an establishment on the remains of innumerable ancestors of its host may be said to be merely an imposition. ❋ Unknown (2003)

When the feds manage health care, "Column, Nov. Democrats, his favorite bogeymen, want to impose rationing - a code word for depriving us of medical interventions - the benefits of which need not be questioned. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is of course not the actual information acquired, but the conformity which the accumulation of knowledge is apt to impose, that is harmful. ❋ Thomas Stearns (1920)

So you want to impose, from a national or central stage, what you believe to be the only right way to do things. ❋ Digg (2011)

It is probable they may abridge the Plantations of this Privilege which they have assumed, of making their publick Bills of Credit, a Tender at any Rate they please to impose, which is equal to the King's Prerogative in Coins. ❋ Unknown (1740)

❋ Larstait (2003)

He was very [imposive] on anyone who [crossed] his [path]. ❋ DefinedWords (2016)

I don't have a [degree] in [photography] but pretend I can take [pics] so I'm an imposer ❋ That Man (2017)

[Imposing] this on [the group chat]. I'm sure it's cool if [y'all come]! ❋ Siemprefresco (2016)

Guy showing off pictures at work- "Here we are in New York, see [the Statue of Liberty] behind us?" Co-worker- "Yeah, but whos that guy next to you scratching his nuts?" Bill: Here we are at [Joe's] party, what a blast! Dave: Who the hell is the guy next to you putting his [tounge] in your ear??? Bill: Damn photo-imposer, Janet said he grabbed her ass during the picture. ❋ Topsidejoe (2007)

Man, that chick was [sooo] good at [giving head], she was able to [complete the mission] imposible. ❋ Chauncey Hollinsworth (2004)

I was [competing] with a couple of friends to see who could hold his breath the longest, and I was reading [the daily] newspaper-comics to distract me from my respiratory discomfort. Then I read a cartoon that really struck me funny and so I [hadda] laugh --- talk about self-imposed exhale! ❋ QuacksO (2018)

[She can't] ever [take a picture] [without] a self imposed pout... ❋ V. Pink (2008)

"Dude I got [fuckin] [Rick Rolled] again." "It's happened to me so many times now i just have self-imposed [Rick Rolls]." ❋ TED THE TIT (2010)

[Imposible, perhaps the archives are incomplete] ❋ Gasuxa (2020)

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