impose – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of impose

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to impose sth upon sb
Participle: imposed sth upon sb
Gerund: imposing sth upon sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iimpose sth upon sb
youimpose sth upon sb
he;she;itimposes sth upon sb
weimpose sth upon sb
youimpose sth upon sb
theyimpose sth upon sb

Perfect

Ihave imposed sth upon sb
youhave imposed sth upon sb
he;she;ithas imposed sth upon sb
wehave imposed sth upon sb
youhave imposed sth upon sb
theyhave imposed sth upon sb

Past

Iimposed sth upon sb
youimposed sth upon sb
he;she;itimposed sth upon sb
weimposed sth upon sb
youimposed sth upon sb
theyimposed sth upon sb

Pluperfect

Ihad imposed sth upon sb
youhad imposed sth upon sb
he;she;ithad imposed sth upon sb
wehad imposed sth upon sb
youhad imposed sth upon sb
theyhad imposed sth upon sb

Future

Iwill impose sth upon sb
youwill impose sth upon sb
he;she;itwill impose sth upon sb
wewill impose sth upon sb
youwill impose sth upon sb
theywill impose sth upon sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have imposed sth upon sb
youwill have imposed sth upon sb
he;she;itwill have imposed sth upon sb
wewill have imposed sth upon sb
youwill have imposed sth upon sb
theywill have imposed sth upon sb

Subjunctive

Present

Iimpose sth upon sb
youimpose sth upon sb
he;she;itimpose sth upon sb
weimpose sth upon sb
youimpose sth upon sb
theyimpose sth upon sb

Perfect

Ihave imposed sth upon sb
youhave imposed sth upon sb
he;she;ithave imposed sth upon sb
wehave imposed sth upon sb
youhave imposed sth upon sb
theyhave imposed sth upon sb

Imperfect

Iimposed sth upon sb
youimposed sth upon sb
he;she;itimposed sth upon sb
weimposed sth upon sb
youimposed sth upon sb
theyimposed sth upon sb

Pluperfect

Ihad imposed sth upon sb
youhad imposed sth upon sb
he;she;ithad imposed sth upon sb
wehad imposed sth upon sb
youhad imposed sth upon sb
theyhad imposed sth upon sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould impose sth upon sb
youwould impose sth upon sb
he;she;itwould impose sth upon sb
wewould impose sth upon sb
youwould impose sth upon sb
theywould impose sth upon sb

Perfect

Iwould have imposed sth upon sb
youwould have imposed sth upon sb
he;she;itwould have imposed sth upon sb
wewould have imposed sth upon sb
youwould have imposed sth upon sb
theywould have imposed sth upon sb

Imperative

youimpose sth upon sb
weLet's impose sth upon sb
youimpose sth upon sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam imposing sth upon sb
youare imposing sth upon sb
he;she;itis imposing sth upon sb
weare imposing sth upon sb
youare imposing sth upon sb
theyare imposing sth upon sb

Perfect

Ihave been imposing sth upon sb
youhave been imposing sth upon sb
he;she;ithas been imposing sth upon sb
wehave been imposing sth upon sb
youhave been imposing sth upon sb
theyhave been imposing sth upon sb

Past

Iwas imposing sth upon sb
youwere imposing sth upon sb
he;she;itwas imposing sth upon sb
wewere imposing sth upon sb
youwere imposing sth upon sb
theywere imposing sth upon sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been imposing sth upon sb
youhad been imposing sth upon sb
he;she;ithad been imposing sth upon sb
wehad been imposing sth upon sb
youhad been imposing sth upon sb
theyhad been imposing sth upon sb

Future

Iwill be imposing sth upon sb
youwill be imposing sth upon sb
he;she;itwill be imposing sth upon sb
wewill be imposing sth upon sb
youwill be imposing sth upon sb
theywill be imposing sth upon sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been imposing sth upon sb
youwill have been imposing sth upon sb
he;she;itwill have been imposing sth upon sb
wewill have been imposing sth upon sb
youwill have been imposing sth upon sb
theywill have been imposing sth upon sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be imposing sth upon sb
youwould be imposing sth upon sb
he;she;itwould be imposing sth upon sb
wewould be imposing sth upon sb
youwould be imposing sth upon sb
theywould be imposing sth upon sb

Perfect

Iwould have been imposing sth upon sb
youwould have been imposing sth upon sb
he;she;itwould have been imposing sth upon sb
wewould have been imposing sth upon sb
youwould have been imposing sth upon sb
theywould have been imposing sth upon sb

Other

Verbs similar to 'impose'

empose, impone, appose, compose, depose, dispose, expose, imbase, imbosk, imboss,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

intrude
compel, obtrude, presume, force, burden, bother

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 1484, "to lay (a crime, etc.) to the account of," from M.Fr. imposer, from in- "into" + poser "put, place" (see pose). Sense of "to lay on as a burden" first recorded 1581.
2. The verb is derived from Late Middle English imposen (“to place, set; to impose (a duty, etc.)”), borrowed from Middle French imposer, and Old French emposer, enposer (“to impose (a duty, tax, etc.)”) (modern French imposer), from im-, em- (variants of en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’)) + poser (“to place, put”), modelled after:
3. * Latin impōnere (“to place or set (something) on; (figurative) to impose (a duty, tax, etc.)”), from im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘on, upon’)) + pōnō (“to place, put; etc.”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó, *h₂epó (“away; off”) + *tḱey- (“to cultivate; to live; to settle”)); and
4. * Latin impositus (“established; put upon, imposed”), the perfect passive participle of impōnō: see above.
5. The noun is derived from the verb. See: French 'imposer', Latin 'impōnō'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] the officer in command bringing with him a tolerably tall young tree, which he had plucked up by the roots, to satisfy certain distrustful passengers whose minds misgave them that they were to be imposed upon and shipwrecked, and who would on no other terms believe that he had been ashore, or had done anything but fraudulently row a little way into the mist, specially to deceive them and compass [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] in the streets and labouring-places, too, are shocking. All men who know that there are laws against instructing slaves, of which the pains and penalties greatly exceed in their amount the fines imposed on those who maim and torture them, must be prepared to find their faces very low in the scale of intellectual expression. But the darkness—not of skin, but mind—which meets the stranger 's eye at [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)