Collocations for impose - verb
ADVERB
effectively
The terms of the contract were effectively imposed rather than agreed.
The terms of the contract were effectively imposed rather than agreed.
simply
New technology cannot be used successfully if it is simply imposed on an unwilling workforce.
New technology cannot be used successfully if it is simply imposed on an unwilling workforce.
centrally
(esp. BrE)
a centrally imposed school curriculum
a centrally imposed school curriculum
externally
the pressure of having to meet externally imposed targets
the pressure of having to meet externally imposed targets
artificially
Motivation to learn must come from the child; it cannot be artificially imposed.
Motivation to learn must come from the child; it cannot be artificially imposed.
forcibly
The will of the majority has been forcibly imposed on the minority.
The will of the majority has been forcibly imposed on the minority.
arbitrarily
People did not accept these national borders which had been arbitrarily imposed.
People did not accept these national borders which had been arbitrarily imposed.
unilaterally
One side in the conflict cannot unilaterally impose a settlement.
One side in the conflict cannot unilaterally impose a settlement.
Impose is used with these nouns as the subject:
judge, magistrate, regulation, statute
judge, magistrate, regulation, statute
Impose is used with these nouns as the object:
ban, belief, blockade, boycott, burden, ceiling, censorship, charge, condition, conformity, constraint, control, curb, curfew, cut, cutback, deadline, demand, discipline, duty, embargo, excise, fee, fine, freeze, hardship, idea, ideology, injunction, limit, limitation, martial law, measure, morality, moratorium, obligation, order, penalty, prohibition, punishment, quota, regime, regulation, religion, requirement, restraint, restriction, rule, sanction, sentence, strain, structure, surcharge, suspension, tariff, tax, toll, treaty, tyranny, uniformity, view, vision, will
ban, belief, blockade, boycott, burden, ceiling, censorship, charge, condition, conformity, constraint, control, curb, curfew, cut, cutback, deadline, demand, discipline, duty, embargo, excise, fee, fine, freeze, hardship, idea, ideology, injunction, limit, limitation, martial law, measure, morality, moratorium, obligation, order, penalty, prohibition, punishment, quota, regime, regulation, religion, requirement, restraint, restriction, rule, sanction, sentence, strain, structure, surcharge, suspension, tariff, tax, toll, treaty, tyranny, uniformity, view, vision, will