Dictionary

imposition en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
2. (countable, uncountable) An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
   • They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder. 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:
   • He expunges his own anguish at his diagnosis with HIV and the impositions that have claimed his freedom. 1991 May 4, Mary Dowd, “Risky Business”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
3. (countable, uncountable) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
4. (countable, uncountable) A trick or deception put or laid on others.
5. (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.
6. (countable, uncountable) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
7. (UK, countable, qualifier:school or university slang, uncountable) A task imposed on a student as punishment.

Forms

Deriveds

reimposition · nonimposition · superimposition · impositional

Synonyms

obtrusion (act of imposing and the like) · fraud (trick or deception put or laid on others) · impot · deception (trick or deception put or laid on others) · imposture (trick or deception put or laid on others) · imposure (act of imposing and the like) · injunction (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · burden (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · trick (trick or deception put or laid on others) · cheating (trick or deception put or laid on others) · charge (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · infliction (act of imposing and the like) · tax (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · delusion (trick or deception put or laid on others) · enjoinder (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined)

Translations (48)

de Strafarbeit (school: task imposed as punishment) · sh rukopolaganje (religion: laying on of hands) · hu büntetőfeladat (school: task imposed as punishment) · fi määrääminen (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · hu teher (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · hu előírás (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · fi kättenpäällepaneminen (religion: laying on of hands) · hu kirovás (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · fi huijaus (an unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation) · bg възлагане (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · mi uruhanga (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · nl strafwerk (school: task imposed as punishment) · hu kilövés (arrangement of pages on printing sheet) · de Zumutung (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · fi arkkiasemointi (arrangement of pages on printing sheet) · de Handauflegen (religion: laying on of hands) · id imposisi (arrangement of pages on printing sheet) · bg налагане (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · hu megterhelés (an unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation) · de Belästigung (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · hu belövés (arrangement of pages on printing sheet) · fi maksu (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · it imposizione (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · es imposición (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · ar فَرْض (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · it imposizione (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · fi määräys (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · it imbroglio (an unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation) · de Zumutung (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · hu kézrátétel (religion: laying on of hands) · de Bürde (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · it imposizione (religion: laying on of hands) · fi asettaminen (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · fi kielto (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · fi kieltäminen (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · hu kivetés (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · fi laiskanläksy (school: task imposed as punishment) · fi liittäminen (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · fi asemointi (arrangement of pages on printing sheet) · bg домашно за наказание (school: task imposed as punishment) · bg налог (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · no (pålagt) byrde (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined) · hu kiszabás (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like) · it inganno (an unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation) · it punizione (school: task imposed as punishment) · hu tehertétel (an unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation) · hu büntetési feladat (school: task imposed as punishment) · it obbligo (act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like)