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impose

/ɪmˈpəʊz/ /ɪmˈpoʊz/

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verb

Verhängen, auferlegen

To establish or apply by authority.

Examples :

"Congress imposed new tariffs."

Der Kongress verhängte neue Zölle.

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verb

Belästigen, zur Last fallen

To be an inconvenience (on or upon)

Examples :

"The strict new rules imposed a lot of extra work on the students. "

Die strengen neuen Regeln haben den Schülern viel zusätzliche Arbeit auferlegt.

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verb

Erzwingen, durchsetzen

To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way

Examples :

"Social relations impose courtesy"

Soziale Beziehungen erzwingen Höflichkeit.

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verb

Austricksen, hereinlegen

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

Examples :

"The student tried to impose a trick on his friend, pretending the assignment was due earlier than it actually was. "

Der Schüler versuchte, seinen Freund hereinzulegen, indem er vorgab, die Aufgabe sei früher fällig als sie tatsächlich war.

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verb

Auflegen

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

Examples :

"The priest will impose his hands on the new teacher during the ordination ceremony. "

Der Priester wird dem neuen Lehrer während der Ordinationszeremonie die Hände auflegen.

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Setzen, umbrechen

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.

Examples :

"The printer imposed the columns of type for the school newspaper onto the metal printing plates. "

Der Drucker setzte die Spalten des Texts für die Schülerzeitung auf die metallenen Druckplatten.

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