impose

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpəʊz/
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• Canada, General-American: /ɪmˈpoʊz/
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• Australian: /ɪmˈpəʉz/
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• New-Zealand: /əmˈpɐʉz/
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• rhymes with -əʊz
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P OW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The verb is derived from Late Middle English imposen (“to place, set; to impose (a duty, etc.)”), borrowed from Middle French imposer, and Old French emposer, enposer (“to impose (a duty, tax, etc.)”) (modern French imposer), from im-, em- (variants of en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’)) + poser (“to place, put”), modelled after: * Latin impōnere (“to place or set (something) on; (figurative) to impose (a duty, tax, etc.)”), from im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘on, upon’)) + pōnō (“to place, put; etc.”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2pó, *h2epó (“away; off”) + *tḱey- (“to cultivate; to live; to settle”)); and * Latin impositus (“established; put upon, imposed”), the perfect passive participle of impōnō: see above. The noun is derived from the verb.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: siunata — to lay or place (one’s hands) on someone as a blessing
• Finnish: kiinnittää — To lay (columns or pages of type, or printing plates) arranged in a proper order on the bed of a press, etc.
• Irish: suigh — To lay (columns or pages of type, or printing plates) arranged in a proper order on the bed of a press, etc.
• Armenian: պարտադրել (partadrel) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Armenian: վզին փաթաթել (vzin pʻatʻatʻel) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Azerbaijani: qoymaq — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Azerbaijani: tətbiq etmək — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Bulgarian: налагам (nalagam) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Catalan: imposar — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 強加 /强加 (qiángjiā, qiǎngjiā) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Dutch: opleggen — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Esperanto: imponi — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Finnish: langettaa — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Finnish: määrätä — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Finnish: pakottaa — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Finnish: säätää — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• French: imposer — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Georgian: აწესებს (ac̣esebs) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Georgian: უწესებს (uc̣esebs) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Georgian: აკისრებს (aḳisrebs) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Georgian: შემოიღებს (šemoiɣebs) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• German: auferlegen — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• German: aufzwingen — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Hindi: थोपना (thopnā) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Hungarian: kiró — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Hungarian: kiszab — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Hungarian: kivet — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Ido: aplikar — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Irish: cuir i bhfeidhm — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Italian: imporre — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Japanese: 強要する (kyōyō-suru) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Japanese: 強いる (shiiru) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Latin: impōnō — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Latin: infligo — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Māori: uruhi — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Māori: whakaeke — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Occitan: impausar — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Persian: برنهادن (barnehâdan) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Portuguese: impor — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Romanian: impune — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Russian: налага́ть (nalagátʹ) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Russian: облага́ть (oblagátʹ) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Serbo-Croatian: на̀метнути — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Serbo-Croatian: nàmetnuti — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Spanish: imponer — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Swedish: ålägga — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Telugu: విధించు (vidhiñcu) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Ottoman Turkish: صالمق (salmak) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Ukrainian: нав'я́зувати (navʺjázuvaty) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Ukrainian: нав'яза́ти (navʺjazáty) — to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority
• Finnish: määrätä — to place or put (something chiefly immaterial) on another thing or on someone; to place or put (on someone a chiefly immaterial thing) — see also inflict, repose
• Finnish: pakottaa — to place or put (something chiefly immaterial) on another thing or on someone; to place or put (on someone a chiefly immaterial thing) — see also inflict, repose
• Finnish: rangaista — to subject (a student) to imposition
• Finnish: määrätä — to appoint (someone) to be in authority or command over other people
• Finnish: pakottaa — to affect authoritatively or forcefully; to influence strongly
• Spanish: estorbar — to encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted
• Spanish: estar fuera de la lugar — to encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted
• Bulgarian: натрапвам се (natrapvam se) — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Finnish: olla rasituksena — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Finnish: rasittaa — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Finnish: vaivata — to be a burden or inconvenience
• French: s’imposer — to be a burden or inconvenience
• German: auferlegen — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Greek: επιβαρύνω (epivarýno) — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Hungarian: alkalmatlankodik — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Hungarian: terhére van — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Hungarian: visszaél a jóságával/kedvességével — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Italian: abusare — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Japanese: 課す (kasu) — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Māori: māminga — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Portuguese: abusar — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Romanian: dicta — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Romanian: se impune — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Russian: навязыва́ться (navjazyvátʹsja) — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Russian: навяза́ться (navjazátʹsja) — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Swedish: vara till besvär — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Ukrainian: нав'я́зуватися (navʺjázuvatysja) — to be a burden or inconvenience
• Ukrainian: нав'яза́тися (navʺjazátysja) — to be a burden or inconvenience