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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.
IMPOSE definition: 1. to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received: 2. to force someone…. Learn more.
to establish as something to be obeyed or complied with; enforce. to impose a tax on the people. 2. to force (oneself, one's presence, etc) on another or others; obtrude. 3. (intransitive) to take advantage, as of a person or quality. to impose on someone's kindness. 4. (transitive) printing.
to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes. 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.
IMPOSE meaning: 1. to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received: 2. to force someone…. Learn more.
impose. [transitive] to introduce a new law, rule, tax, etc.; to order that a rule, punishment, etc. be used. impose something The UN Security Council imposed sanctions in 1992. impose something on/upon something/somebody A new tax was imposed on fuel.
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Definitions of 'impose'. 1. If you impose something on people, you use your authority to force them to accept it. [...] 2. 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. [...]
