| impose | If you impose something on people, you use your authority to force them to accept it. Britain imposed fines on airlines which bring in passengers without proper papers Many companies have imposed a pay freeze The conditions imposed on volunteers were stringent. + imposition im·po·si·tion the imposition of a ban on cycling in the city centre | en |
| impose | require, compel, force upon; enforce, institute; force oneself on others fiil | en |
| impose | 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 | en |
| impose | To practice tricks or deception | en |
| impose | A command; injunction | en |
| impose | To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination | en |
| impose | to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute | en |
| impose | to be an inconvenience | en |
| impose | To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit | en |
| impose | To plan films of pages etc , into correct position prior to litho plate making | en |
| impose | to establish or apply by authority | en |
| impose | To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc | en |
| impose | If someone imposes on you, they unreasonably expect you to do something for them which you do not want to do. I was afraid you'd simply feel we were imposing on you + imposition impositions im·po·si·tion I know this is an imposition. But please hear me out | en |
| impose | If something imposes strain, pressure, or suffering on someone, it causes them to experience it. The filming imposed an additional strain on her. = inflict | en |
| impose | 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 | en |
| impose | put; lay on | en |
| impose | If someone imposes themselves on you, they force you to accept their company although you may not want to. I didn't want to impose myself on my married friends | en |
| impose | compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy" | en |
| impose | To arrange and position pages in order to meet press, folding, and bindery requirements | en |
| impose | To lay pages out on a large sheet for press Imposition is critically important for the bindery as it will determine how the printed piece will (or will not!) fold | en |
| impose | impose and collect; "levy a fine" | en |
| impose | impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" | en |
| imposed | set forth authoritatively as obligatory; "the imposed taxation"; "rules imposed by society | en |
| imposed | past of impose | en |
| imposed | set forth authoritatively as obligatory; "the imposed taxation"; "rules imposed by society" | en |
| imposes | third-person singular of impose | en |
| imposing | Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle | en |
| imposing | Deceiving; deluding; misleading | en |
| imposing | Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity | en |
| imposing | present participle of impose | en |
| imposing | The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet | en |
| imposing | Laying as a duty; enjoining | en |
| imposing | 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" | en |
| imposing | compelling, enforcing, requiring isim | en |
| imposing | impressive, grand, majestic sıfat | en |
| imposing | If you describe someone or something as imposing, you mean that they have an impressive appearance or manner. the imposing wrought-iron gates at the entrance to the estate. large, impressive, and appearing important | en |
| imposing | impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" | en |
| imposing | See Impose, v | en |