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Impose
//ɪmˈpəʊz//
Synonyms for "impose" (179 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (89)
interruptinterveneintrudeinvadeirruptissue an ultimatumjustifyladelaylay bylay downlay hands onlay onleave no optionmake a demandmake dutiablemake freemake obligatorymake upminister
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78 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπιτίθημι verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Armenian
2 entries- պարտադրել verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- վզին փաթաթել verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qoymaq verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- tətbiq etmək verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Bulgarian
2 entries- налагам verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- натрапвам се verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
Catalan
1 entries- imposar verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 強加 /强加 verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Dutch
1 entries- opleggen verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Esperanto
1 entries- imponi verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Finnish
4 entries- kiinnittää verb (To lay (columns or pages of type, or printing plates) arranged in a proper order on the bed of a press, etc.)
- langettaa verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- määrätä verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- määrätä verb (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)
French
2 entries- imposer verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- s’imposer verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
Georgian
4 entries- აკისრებს verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- აწესებს verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- უწესებს verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- შემოიღებს verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
German
3 entries- auferlegen verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- auferlegen verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
- aufzwingen verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Greek
1 entries- επιβαρύνω verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
Hungarian
4 entries- alkalmatlankodik verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
- kiró verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- kiszab verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- kivet verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Ido
1 entries- aplikar verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Irish
2 entries- cuir i bhfeidhm verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- suigh verb (To lay (columns or pages of type, or printing plates) arranged in a proper order on the bed of a press, etc.)
Italian
2 entries- abusare verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
- imporre verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Japanese
3 entries- 強いる verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- 強要する verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- 課す verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
Latin
2 entries- impōnō verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- infligo verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Māori
3 entries- māminga verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
- uruhi verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- whakaeke verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Occitan
1 entries- impausar verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صالمق verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Persian
1 entries- برنهادن verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Portuguese
2 entries- abusar verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
- impor verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Romanian
3 entries- dicta verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
- impune verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- se impune verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
Russian
4 entries- навяза́ться verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
- навязыва́ться verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
- налага́ть verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- облага́ть verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nàmetnuti verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- на̀метнути verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Spanish
3 entries- estar fuera de la lugar verb (to encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted)
- estorbar verb (to encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted)
- imponer verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Swedish
2 entries- vara till besvär verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
- ålägga verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Telugu
1 entries- విధించు verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
Ukrainian
4 entries- нав'я́зувати verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- нав'я́зуватися verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
- нав'яза́ти verb (to apply, enforce, or establish (something) with authority)
- нав'яза́тися verb (to be a burden or inconvenience)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
The U.S. government is to impose two of the sanctions against those countries.
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The U. N. moved to impose sanctions.
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We should not impose our opinions on other people.
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