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impose
verb as in set, dictate
Strongest matches
appoint, charge, demand, enforce, establish, foist, force, inflict, institute, introduce, lay down, levy, order, place, promulgate, put, require
Strong matches
burden, command, compel, constrain, decree, encroach, enjoin, exact, fix, infringe, intrude, lade, lay, oblige, obtrude, ordain, prescribe, presume, saddle, trespass, visit, wish, wreak, wreck
Weak matches
force upon, horn in, lay down the law, move in on, put foot down, read riot act, take advantage
Example Sentences
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has canceled plans to impose a carbon tax paid by consumers.
The U.S. government struck back by imposing a trade embargo on Cuba, blocking the sale of Cuban sugar in the United States—a devastating blow to Cuba’s economy.
“Could the President impose a 50-percent tariff on gas-powered cars and auto parts to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat from abroad of climate change?”
The UK and France have also imposed similar restrictions amid rising avian flu cases.
This was the largest fine BaFin has ever imposed, a spokesman for the regulator said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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