0 past simple and past participle of impose
1 to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received:
2 to expect someone to do something for you or spend time with you when they do not want to or when it is not convenient for them:
He wants the government to impose strict controls on dog ownership.
In view of the quantity of drugs involved, 16 years was the most lenient sentence the judge could impose.
The government has failed to impose its will upon regional communities.
Central government has imposed a cap on local tax increases.
Some people like the sense of structure that a military lifestyle imposes.
On the contrary, when a double support phase takes too long, the trajectories for the following single support phase are imposed on the system.
If there is too little regulation, excessive costs may be imposed on third parties and the net social benefits of transfers may be negative.
This patience derives from understanding that the intervention will have little impact if it is forcibly imposed, an insight that develops during a speaker's life.
