impose

impose
verb
ADVERB
effectively

The terms of the contract were effectively imposed rather than agreed.

simply

New technology cannot be used successfully if it is simply imposed on an unwilling workforce.

centrally (esp. BrE)

a centrally imposed school curriculum

externally

the pressure of having to meet externally imposed targets

artificially

Motivation to learn must come from the child; it cannot be artificially imposed.

forcibly

The will of the majority has been forcibly imposed on the minority.

arbitrarily

People did not accept these national borders which had been arbitrarily imposed.

unilaterally

One side in the conflict cannot unilaterally impose a settlement.

VERB + IMPOSE
seek to, try to
PREPOSITION
on, upon

The government has imposed a ban on the sale of handguns.

Impose is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑judge, ↑magistrate, ↑regulation, ↑statute
Impose is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ban, ↑belief, ↑blockade, ↑boycott, ↑burden, ↑ceiling, ↑censorship, ↑charge, ↑condition, ↑conformity, ↑constraint, ↑control, ↑curb, ↑curfew, ↑cut, ↑cutback, ↑deadline, ↑demand, ↑discipline, ↑duty, ↑embargo, ↑excise, ↑fee, ↑fine, ↑freeze, ↑hardship, ↑idea, ↑ideology, ↑injunction, ↑limit, ↑limitation, ↑martial law, ↑measure, ↑morality, ↑moratorium, ↑obligation, ↑order, ↑penalty, ↑prohibition, ↑punishment, ↑quota, ↑regime, ↑regulation, ↑religion, ↑requirement, ↑restraint, ↑restriction, ↑rule, ↑sanction, ↑sentence, ↑strain, ↑structure, ↑surcharge, ↑suspension, ↑tariff, ↑tax, ↑toll, ↑treaty, ↑tyranny, ↑uniformity, ↑view, ↑vision, ↑will

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  • impose — im‧pose [ɪmˈpəʊz ǁ ˈpoʊz] verb impose a ban/​tax/​fine etc to officially order that something should be forbidden, taxed etc: • The city council can not impose a utility tax without voter approval. • The US Commerce Department threatened to… …   Financial and business terms

  • imposé — imposé, ée (in pô zé, zée) part. passé d imposer. 1°   Mis dessus. Les mains imposées par l évêque. 2°   Les noms imposés par Adam aux animaux. 3°   Soumis à un tribut. Être imposé à tant.    Substantivement. Les plus imposés de la commune.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Impose — Im*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imposing}.] [F. imposer; pref. im in + poser to place. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. [1913 Webster] Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impose — I (enforce) verb bid, bind, burden, charge, coerce, command, compel, conscript, constrain, decree, demand, dictate, direct, drive, enact, encumber, enjoin, exact, execute, extort, force upon, impel, imponere, iniungere, insist upon, lay upon,… …   Law dictionary

  • imposé — Imposé, [impos]ée. part. Joug, tribut imposé. taxe imposée. taille imposée. un homme imposé à la taille. nom imposé. penitence imposée …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • impose — [im pōz′] vt. imposed, imposing [Fr, altered by assoc. with poser (see POSE1) < L imponere, to place upon < in , on + ponere: see POSITION] 1. to place or set (a burden, tax, fine, etc. on or upon) as by authority 2. to force (oneself, one… …   English World dictionary

  • Impose — Im*pose , v. i. To practice tricks or deception. [1913 Webster] {To impose on} or {To impose upon}, (a) to pass or put a trick on; to delude; to cheat; to defraud. He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things. Locke. (b) to place an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impose — ► VERB 1) force to be accepted, undertaken, or complied with. 2) (often impose on) take unfair advantage of someone. ORIGIN French imposer, from Latin imponere inflict, deceive …   English terms dictionary

  • Impose — Im*pose , n. A command; injunction. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impose — (v.) late 14c., to lay (a crime, etc.) to the account of, from O.Fr. imposer put, place; impute, charge, accuse (c.1300), from assimilated form of in into, in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + poser put, place (see POSE (Cf. pose)). Sense of to lay on as… …   Etymology dictionary

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