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   The meaning of IMPOSE is to establish or apply by authority. How to use impose in a sentence. Did you know?

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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.

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   Impose definition: to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.. See examples of IMPOSE used in a sentence.

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   IMPOSE meaning: 1. to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received: 2. to force someone…. Learn more.

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   6 meanings: 1. to establish as something to be obeyed or complied with; enforce 2. to force (oneself, one's presence, etc) on.... Click for more definitions.

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   To impose means to force or inflict something on someone else. ... meaning "to lay on as a burden," which is very similar to the modern meaning. Governments often ...

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   What does impose mean?

   • Did you know? The Latin imposui meant "put upon", and that meaning carried over into English in impose. A CEO may impose a new manager on one of the company's plants. A state may impose new taxes on luxury items or cigarettes, and the federal government sometimes imposes trade restrictions on another country to punish it.

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   What does it mean to impose something on people?

   • To impose something on people means to use your authority to force them to accept it. [...] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

   Impose a fine definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   What does imposing mean?

   • , im·posed, im·pos·ing. to impose taxes. to impose one's personal preference on others. to obtrude or thrust (oneself, one's company, etc.) upon others. He imposed his pretentious books on the public. Printing. to lay (type pages, plates, etc.) in proper order on an imposing stone or the like and secure in a chase for printing.

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   What if you impose your opinions on other people?

   • 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. [VERB noun + on] If something imposes strain, pressure, or suffering on someone, it causes them to experience it.

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   impose. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English im‧pose /ɪmˈpəʊz $ -ˈpoʊz/ W2 AWL verb 1 [transitive] if someone in authority imposes a rule, punishment, tax etc, they force people to accept it The court can impose a fine. impose something on something/somebody The government imposed a ban on the sale of ivory. 2 [transitive] to ...