impose

B2
Pronunciation
/ɪmˈpəʊz/
/ɪmˈpoʊz/
Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

To establish or apply by authority.

Example Sentences
  • Congress imposed new tariffs.
2 Definition

To be an inconvenience (on or upon)

Example Sentences
  • I don't wish to impose upon you.
3 Definition

To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way

Example Sentences
  • Social relations impose courtesy
4 Definition

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

5 Definition

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

6 Definition

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.