English English Dictionary
- impose in English:
1. to officially force a rule
English word "impose"(to officially force a rule) occurs in sets:
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2. force
I consider the Jehovah's witnesses who knock on my door all the time to be no different from religious zealots trying to force their beliefs on me.
Don't force me.
Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.
Where there is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal virtues.
The restraining role that the community once played is losing its force as adults become reluctant to reprimand other people's unruly children.
Among the people of the colonies suffering under Earth's tyranny a force emerges intending to overthrow the status quo through terrorism.
Up till now America has called itself the world's police and continued suppression relying on military force.
Career opportunities, flex-time, satellite offices, and more childcare facilities are required to make women at home join the work force.
Boeing's safety experts have joined others in the industry to form an international task force to try to eliminate one particular kind of air crash known as controlled flight into terrain, CFIT.
This is not about my capabilities. Even if I never had heard the slightest sound of english, I still could kneel down and put my face on the ground to show my submission. But who can force me into that?
The sexes differ, not only in stature and muscular force, but perhaps even more decisively in temperament, and this must early have given rise to a corresponding division of labour.
The police were able to control the crowd by sheer force of numbers. The force of gravity. Fishermen are always at the mercy of the forces of nature. Force of habit.
They are forced to commit further, often more violent crimes, until the situation gets totally out of control.
3. to force an unwelcome decision or ruling on someone
4. To impose means to force or inflict something on someone else
5. to give
I'd like to give you this present as a sign of my love.
to give a rise
6. force to be accepted or put in place
7. to put on
I don't know which tie to put on today.
We were asked to put on bras and panties.
English word "impose"(to put on) occurs in sets:
B2_14_03 (human rights)8. forced on
9. to oblige someone to do something
English word "impose"(to oblige someone to do something) occurs in sets:
TOEFL - Most important words 251 - 27510. dictated
He dictated several letters to his secretary.
I will not be dictated to by some idiot in the personnel department.
dictated by convenience
In the second half, the referee dictated a dubious penalty.
Golf is usually dictated by the weather. If it's raining, it's too dangerous to play.
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