impose Sentence Examples

  1. The government imposed a strict lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.
  2. The parents imposed a curfew on their teenage children.
  3. The company imposed a strict dress code on its employees.
  4. The teacher imposed a penalty on students who violated class rules.
  5. The rules committee imposed sanctions on the team for unsportsmanlike conduct.
  6. The new tax law imposed a heavy burden on small businesses.
  7. The landlord imposed a rent increase on the tenants.
  8. The homeowner imposed an assessment fee on the residents for neighborhood improvements.
  9. The regulations imposed by the agency made it difficult for businesses to operate efficiently.
  10. The court imposed a restraining order to prevent further harassment.

impose Meaning

Wordnet

impose (v)

compel to behave in a certain way

impose something unpleasant

impose and collect

Webster

impose (v. t.)

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute.

To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

To 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.

Webster

impose (v. i.)

To practice trick or deception.

Webster

impose (n.)

A command; injunction.

FAQs About the word impose

compel to behave in a certain way, impose something unpleasant, impose and collectTo lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit., To lay as a charge, burden, t

levy, put, fine, charge, assess, extort, lay, penalize, inflict, tax

lessen, diminish, ignore,diminish, abate, forgive, remit, ignore, forgive, remit

The government imposed a strict lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.

The parents imposed a curfew on their teenage children.

The company imposed a strict dress code on its employees.

The teacher imposed a penalty on students who violated class rules.