Overview of verb impose

The verb impose has 3 senses

• enforce, impose -- (compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy")


• inflict, bring down, visit, impose -- (impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students")


• levy, impose -- (impose and collect; "levy a fine")

Overview of adj imposing

The adj imposing has 2 senses

• baronial, imposing, noble, stately -- (impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns")


• distinguished, grand, imposing, magisterial -- (used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty")