imposition
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
Audio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file)
Noun
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imposition (countable and uncountable, plural impositions)
- The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
- An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
- 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:
- They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.
- 1991 May 4, Mary Dowd, “Risky Business”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
- He expunges his own anguish at his diagnosis with HIV and the impositions that have claimed his freedom.
- That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
- A trick or deception put or laid on others.
- (printing) Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
- (religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
- (UK, school or university slang) A task imposed on a student as punishment.
- Synonym: impot
Synonyms
[edit]- (act of imposing and the like): imposure, infliction, obtrusion
- (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined): burden, charge, enjoinder, injunction, tax
- (trick or deception put or laid on others): cheating, deception, delusion, fraud, imposture, trick
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like
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an unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation
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that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined
arrangement of pages on printing sheet
religion: laying on of hands
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school: task imposed as punishment
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References
[edit]- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “imposition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “imposition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin impositiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]imposition f (plural impositions)
- imposition
- taxation
- Synonym: taxation
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “imposition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]imposition
- alternative form of imposicioun
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