Definitions for imposition

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imposition im·po·si·tion

Spelling: [im-puh-zish-uh n]

IPA: /ˌɪm pəˈzɪʃ ən/

Imposition is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 285 anagrams from letters in imposition (iiimnoopst).

Definitions for imposition

noun

1. the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
2. something imposed, as a burden or duty; an unusual or extraordinarily burdensome requirement or task.
3. the act of imposing by or as if by authority.
4. an instance of imposing upon a person:
5. the act of imposing fraudulently or deceptively on others; imposture.
6. the ceremonial laying on of hands, as in confirmation or ordination.
7. Printing. the arrangement of page plates in proper order on a press for printing a signature.
8. the act of putting, placing, or laying on.

Origin of imposition

1325-75; Middle English imposicioun Late Latin impositiōn- (stem of impositiō), equivalent to imposit(us) past participle of impōnere to place upon, impose (im- Examples for imposition

You and all belonging to you were an imposition and a fraud.

The result was the imposition of the most draconian inspections regime in history.

They appealed to the Cadi against what they called the imposition.

And so swift was the imposition of the curfew that some foreigners were taken by surprise.

Why, an imposition on business owners to run their factories as they saw fit, you socialist!

Later, when he purchases a massive TV set for her living room, she's offended by the imposition.

Most of them took this as an added insult and swore roundly at it as an imposition.

"I spurn the imposition," said Lady Dorothea, tearing it in fragments.

Musharraf is facing a raft of charges, the most significant of which is his imposition of emergency over five years ago.

I think, for instance, the imposition of a tax of one per cent.