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- Dictionaryimpose/ɪmˈpəʊz/
verb
- 1. force (an unwelcome decision or ruling) on someone: "the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others" Similar
- 2. take advantage of someone by demanding their attention or commitment: "she realized that she had imposed on Mark's kindness" Similar
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IMPOSE definition: 1. to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received: 2. to force someone…. Learn more.
1. a. : to establish or apply by authority. impose a tax. impose new restrictions. impose penalties. b. : to establish or bring about as if by force. those limits imposed by our own inadequacies C. H. Plimpton. 2. : to force into the company or on the attention of another. impose oneself on others. 3. a. : place, set. b.
to put or set by or as if by authority: to impose one's personal preference on others. to obtrude or thrust (oneself, one's company, etc.) upon others. Synonyms: foist, force. to pass or palm off fraudulently or deceptively: He imposed his pretentious books on the public.
To impose means to force or inflict something on someone else. If you want to impose your musical taste on your parents, play your tunes all day at top volume. The verb impose emerged in the 1580s, meaning "to lay on as a burden," which is very similar to the modern meaning.
to establish something as a rule to be obeyed, or to force the acceptance of something: Settlers often imposed their culture on the peoples of the countries they conquered. impose verb (INCONVENIENCE)
If you impose your opinions or beliefs on other people, you try and make people accept them as a rule or as a model to copy. Parents of either sex should beware of imposing their own tastes on their children.
Definition of impose verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To establish or apply as compulsory; levy: impose a tax. 2. To bring about by authority or force; force to prevail: impose a peace settlement. 3. To obtrude or force (oneself, for example) on another or others. 4. Printing To arrange (type or plates) on an imposing stone. 5.
To bring about by authority or force; force to prevail. Impose a peace settlement. American Heritage. To force (oneself, one's presence or will, etc.) on another or others without right or invitation; obtrude. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To pass off; foist, esp. by deception. To impose false cures on unsuspecting patients.
impose. verb. /ɪmˈpoʊz/. Verb Forms. [transitive] impose something (on/upon something/somebody) to introduce a new law, rule, tax, etc.; to order that a rule, punishment, etc. be used A new tax was imposed on fuel.
