imposition

From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪm.pəˈzɪʃən/

imposition (countable and uncountable, plural impositions)

1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
2. 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 1023879857, 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.

3. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
4. A trick or deception put or laid on others.
5. (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.
6. (religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
7. (UK) A task imposed on a student as punishment.

• (act of imposing and the like): imposure, infliction, obtrusion
• (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined): burden, charge, enjoinder, injunction, tax
• (excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction): cheating, deception, delusion, fraud, imposture, trick

• imposition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• imposition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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imposition f (plural impositions)

1. imposition (all senses)

• “imposition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

imposition

1. Alternative form of imposicioun