imposition
The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the likeThe act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
» I wouldn't want to be an imposition.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
Zumutung, Belästigung, Handauflegen
the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
(countable, uncountable)An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
an uncalled-for burden
(countable, uncountable)That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
Zumutung, Bürde
(countable, uncountable)A trick or deception put or laid on others.
(countable, uncountable)Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
(countable, uncountable)A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
(UK, countable, uncountable)A task imposed on a student as punishment.
Strafarbeit
Examples
3 sentencesI wouldn't want to be an imposition.
Is to reason and to be mistaken, an imposition?
He doesn't like impositions.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio.From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio.
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Forms
plural: impositions| Singular | imposition |
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regular
Synonyms
15 synonyms- the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo):infliction
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable