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imposing

/ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ/verb

To use authority to make people accept a rule, charge, or burden.

Example sentences

  • The government is imposing stricter limits on emissions.
  • The landlord kept imposing new rules on his tenants.

As an adjective it means impressively large or grand: an imposing building, an imposing figure.

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