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Many legitimate forms of ownership, mainly cooperative and communal, had not been used to any effective extent mainly because of the imposition of Stalinist restrictions.
Alexander Dubcek

Meaning of "imposition" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPOSITION

imposition  [ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPOSITION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Imposition is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMPOSITION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Imposition

Imposition is one of the fundamental steps in the prepress printing process. It consists in the arrangement of the printed product’s pages on the printer’s sheet, in order to obtain faster printing, simplify binding and reduce paper waste. Correct imposition minimizes printing time by maximizing the number of pages per impression, reducing cost of press time and materials. To achieve this, the printed sheet must be filled as fully as possible.

Definition of imposition in the English dictionary

The first definition of imposition in the dictionary is the act of imposing. Other definition of imposition is something that is imposed unfairly on someone. Imposition is also a task set as a school punishment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPOSITION


apposition
ˌæpəˈzɪʃən
composition
ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən
deposition
ˌdɛpəˈzɪʃən
disposition
ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən
electrodeposition
ɪˈlektrəʊˌdepəˈzɪʃən
exposition
ˌɛkspəˈzɪʃən
interposition
ˌɪntəpəˈzɪʃən
juxtaposition
ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃən
opposition
ˌɒpəˈzɪʃən
oviposition
ˌəʊvɪpəˈzɪʃən
position
pəˈzɪʃən
predisposition
ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃən
preposition
ˌprɛpəˈzɪʃən
presupposition
ˌpriːsʌpəˈzɪʃən
proposition
ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃən
reposition
ˌriːpəˈzɪʃən
superimposition
ˌsuːpərˌɪmpəˈzɪʃən
superposition
ˌsuːpəpəˈzɪʃən
supposition
ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən
transposition
ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPOSITION

imposable
impose
imposer
imposing
imposing stone
imposing table
imposingly
imposingness
impossibilism
impossibilist
impossibilities
impossibility
impossible
impossible figure
impossibleness
impossibly
impost
imposter
imposthumate
imposthumation

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPOSITION

accreditation
acquisition
addition
ambition
audition
competition
condition
definition
edition
exhibition
expedition
ignition
in a position
in addition
in mint condition
limited edition
nutrition
recognition
tradition
transition
tuition

Synonyms and antonyms of imposition in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMPOSITION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «imposition» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of imposition

Translation of «imposition» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPOSITION

Find out the translation of imposition to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of imposition from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «imposition» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

征收
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imposición
570 millions of speakers

English

imposition
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिरोपण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наложение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imposição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আরোপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

imposition
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengenaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Auferlegung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

賦課
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부과
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Imposition
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

áp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுமத்துவதற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लादणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dayatma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imposizione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nałożenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

накладення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

impunere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιβολή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oplegging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

införandet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ileggelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of imposition

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPOSITION»

The term «imposition» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.879 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPOSITION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «imposition» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «imposition» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about imposition

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10 QUOTES WITH «IMPOSITION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word imposition.
1
Robert Agostinelli
The social disease of political correctness has entered daily life, inverting good to bad and attempting to rewrite proud histories as an imposition of white supremacy for which we all should make contrition.
2
Concha Buika
I sing against emotional dictatorships, and against the imposition of one person over another, in the name of love.
3
Bill Condon
But the imposition of morality onto science, - where it does not belong - has become rampant in recent years.
4
Alexander Dubcek
Many legitimate forms of ownership, mainly cooperative and communal, had not been used to any effective extent mainly because of the imposition of Stalinist restrictions.
5
Henry Flynt
Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator.
6
Frank Gaffney
After all, from the Muslim Brotherhood's inception in Egypt in 1928, it has been a revolutionary organization committed to the imposition worldwide of a totalitarian, supremacist Islamic doctrine they call shariah.
7
Stanley Hauerwas
The very idea that you could have separation between mosque and state from Islam's perspective is the imposition on them of Christian practice. Islam doesn't really have a place for state. They are a universalistic faith like Christianity, but they think there is no country that bounds Islam.
8
Claudio Hummes
However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.
9
Niger Innis
Obamanomics, his imposition of European-style socialism, is not working for African-Americans. It is not working for Latinos and African-Americans.
10
Nestor Kirchner
An agreement cannot be the result of an imposition.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPOSITION»

Discover the use of imposition in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to imposition and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Imposition: A Handbook
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
F. J. Trezise, 2009
2
The Panda Syndrome: A Societal Imposition
Society has taken from us what is our birthright to have - Truth in ourselves.
Frank Simonelli, Jr., 2012
3
Imposition: A Handbook for Printers
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Frederick James Trezise, 2012
4
"There Will be No Trial": Police Killings of Detainees and ...
Officers of the Rwanda National Police (RNP) shot and killed at least 20 detainees in 10 separate incidents in the six months from November 2006 to May 2007.
‎2007
5
Dumping and Subsidies: The Law and Procedures Governing the ...
This book, now in its third edition, is written for lawyers, trade associations and marketing managers.
Clive Stanbrook, Philip Bentley, 1996
6
Language and Symbolic Power
Censorship. and. the. Imposition. of. Form. Louche [skewed]. This word is used, in grammatical contexts, to indicate expressions which seem at first to introduce one meaning but which go on to determine an entirely different one. It is used in ...
Pierre Bourdieu, John B. Thompson, 1991
7
Dictatorship: the imposition of U.S. culture on Latin ...
This book focuses on how a dictator or a culturally dominant power can use language to impose cultural values.
Peter A. Neissa, 2008
8
Speech Acts Across Cultures: Challenges to Communication in ...
In deciding which tokens would be used, the investigator picked those examples from the data which seemed to represent favors typically asked and which seemed to depict a range in terms of degree of imposition. She then showed the data ...
Susan M. Gass, Joyce Neu, 1996
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Developing Contrastive Pragmatics: Interlanguage and ...
3.2.2. Imposition minimizers The pattern of imposition minimizers is different from the pattern of GPPs. Figure 2 shows that the lower-intermediate group did not use any imposition minimizers while the upper-intermediate group and the native ...
Martin Pütz, JoAnne Neff-van Aertselaer, 2008
10
Kinship as Strategic Political Action: The Northern Cheyenne ...
Christina Gish Berndt. Chapter Six: "We Are Not All Fools:" Little Chief and His People Use the Language of Kin to Evade Nation-State Boundaries In 1879, when Two Moon's people had begun to make permanent homes for themselves in ...
Christina Gish Berndt, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPOSITION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term imposition is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Fargo Municipal Court | INFORUM
Mercedez Johanna Liljequist, West Fargo, minor in possession, $100 fines and fees, deferred imposition for 11 months. Zachary Dane Odell ... «INFORUM, Jul 15»
2
Imposition of draconian law a crime:NSCN-KK
According to the GPRN/NSCN-KK, “the imposition of these acts is an extremely insensitive decision on the part of the Centre against the Naga ... «The Shillong Times, Jul 15»
3
USW welcomes ITC tariff imposition on dumped subsidized Chinese …
United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo Gerard issued the following statement on Tuesday after the International Trade ... «Chesterton Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Euro summit 'colonialist' imposition - Left bloc
Euro summit 'colonialist' imposition - Left bloc. by TPN/ Lusa, in News · 14-07-2015 08:19:00 · 0 Comments. The spokeswoman of Portugal's far left 'Left bloc' ... «The Portugal News, Jul 15»
5
Nagaland Contractors' body protests imposition of AFSPA
The Nagaland Contractors & Suppliers Union (NCSU) has expressed serious concern over the imposition of Armed Forces (Special Powers) ... «Web India, Jul 15»
6
Greek debt crisis - Campaigners say new deal is 'an outrageous …
Tim Jones, economist at the Jubilee Debt Campaign said: "This is not an agreement but an outrageous imposition on the Greek people. «Independent Catholic News, Jul 15»
7
Curfew imposition affects court proceedings
IMPHAL, Jul 10: Due to the indefinite curfew clamped in Imphal West and Imphal East district from July 8 by District Magistrates of the districts in ... «KanglaOnline, Jul 15»
8
Electoral Reform Society chief warns on imposition of mayoral model
Imposing mayors on cities risks repeating of the lack of engagement that afflicted the election of police and crime commissioners, the Electoral ... «Public Finance, Jul 15»
9
Ictu back policy that rejects imposition of water charges
Following an often acrimonious debate at Ictu's biennial conference in Ennis, delegates backed a policy that rejected the imposition of water ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Grand Forks man pleads guilty to gross sexual imposition after …
A Grand Forks man has pleaded guilty on charges of gross sexual imposition after he allegedly molested a 6-year-old girl, according to court ... «Grand Forks Herald, Jul 15»

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