IMPOSE


Meaning of IMPOSE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ effectively

The terms of the contract were effectively ~d rather than agreed.

▪ simply

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

▪ centrally ( esp. BrE )

a centrally ~d school curriculum

▪ externally

the pressure of having to meet externally ~d targets

▪ artificially

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

▪ forcibly

The will of the majority has been forcibly ~d on the minority.

▪ arbitrarily

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

▪ unilaterally

One side in the conflict cannot unilaterally ~ a settlement.

VERB + IMPOSE

▪ seek to , try to

PREPOSITION

▪ on , upon

The government has ~d 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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