impose

Definition

Examples

The government decided to impose a new tax on imported goods.

Word Family

Synonyms

• enforceensure observance of laws and rules
• levya charge imposed and collected
• inflictimpose something unpleasant

Collocations

• Easy impose rules
  to impose rules, meaning to compel to behave in a certain way
• Medium impose strict deadlines on teams
  to impose strict deadlines on teams, meaning to compel to behave in a certain way
• Hard impose financial sanctions on entities
  to impose financial sanctions on entities, meaning to compel to behave in a certain way
• Very Hard impose upon someone's hospitality
  to impose upon someone's hospitality, meaning to compel to behave in a certain way