verb🔗ShareTo establish or apply by authority."Congress imposed new tariffs."governmentpoliticslawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be an inconvenience (on or upon)"Asking my neighbor to watch my dog every day imposes on their free time. "attitudeactionhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo enforce: compel to behave in a certain way"Social relations impose courtesy"governmentlawpoliticsstateactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo practice a trick or deception (on or upon)."The con artist imposes on elderly people by pretending to be a government official and asking for money. "moralcharacteractionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination."During the ordination ceremony, the bishop imposes his hands on the new priest, conferring spiritual authority. "religionritualChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."The printer carefully imposes the newspaper pages, ensuring each column is perfectly aligned before locking them in place for printing. "technicalmachinetechnologyindustrywritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
