| VERB | social | impose, enforce, constrain | compel to behave in a certain way |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | impose, inflict, bring down, visit | impose something unpleasant | |
| possession | impose, levy | impose and collect |
| Sounds | ihmpow'z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Ambrose ... Windows: 49 rhymes with owz... | |
| Meaning | compel to behave in a certain way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Social relations impose courtesy" | |
| Synonyms | enforce, constrain | |
| Broader | compel, oblige, obligate | Force somebody to do something |
| Spanish | imponer | |
| Catalan | imposar | |
| Meaning | impose something unpleasant. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something on somebody | |
| Synonyms | inflict, bring down, visit | |
| Narrower | clamp | impose or inflict forcefully |
| foist | To force onto another | |
| give | inflict as a punishment | |
| intrude, obtrude | thrust oneself in as if by force | |
| order, prescribe, dictate | issue commands or orders for | |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings |
| Spanish | cargar, imponer, infligir, inflingir | |
| Catalan | imposar, infligir | |
| Nouns | imposition | the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) |
| imposition | an uncalled-for burden | |
| Meaning | impose and collect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | levy | |
| Narrower | distrain | levy a distress on |
| lay | impose as a duty, burden, or punishment | |
| mulct | impose a fine on | |
| reimpose | impose anew | |
| tax | levy a tax on | |
| tithe | levy a tithe on (produce or a crop) | |
| toll | Charge a fee for using | |
| Broader | charge, bill | demand payment |
| Spanish | recaudar | |
| Catalan | recaptar | |
| Nouns | imposition | the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) |
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