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# imposition

noun (imposition, impositions)

«imposition» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An unfair or unwelcome demand on someone's time, help or kindness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imposition/#m1)
2. The act of making a rule, tax or punishment apply to people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imposition/#m2)
3. (UK, old-fashioned school) An extra piece of written work given as a punishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imposition/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday polite talk: «I hope it's not an imposition» means «I hope I'm not asking too much». In history and law it describes rules or taxes put on people. Phrases: an imposition on, the imposition of a tax, not an imposition.

### Examples

- I hope it's not an imposition to ask you to feed the cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imposition/#x1)
- Staying for a whole week would be an imposition on our hosts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imposition/#x2)
- The imposition of a new tax made people angry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imposition/#x3)
- The teacher gave him an imposition of a hundred lines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imposition/#x4)
- Helping you is no imposition at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imposition/#x5)
- The imposition of a curfew kept everyone indoors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imposition/#x6)

### Note

Verb: impose (to force something on someone; «I don't want to impose» means «I don't want to be a bother»). Countable.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «imposition» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imposition/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«imposition» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/imposition.html) on Mova free.