impose – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of impose

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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