imposed
Pronunciación: [ɪmˈpoʊzd]
Palabra
Contexto: «authority or regulation»
(verb) to force someone to accept or follow something, like a rule or a decision. If a teacher asks everyone to follow a strict schedule, that schedule is imposed on the students.
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The new rules were imposed to help keep everyone safe during the event.
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She didn’t like how the strict rules were imposed without asking for her opinion.
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What new policies were imposed by the school this year?
Contexto: «burden or inconvenience»
(verb) to place a heavy burden or responsibility on someone. This could be like making someone do a lot of extra work when they already feel busy.
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He was happy to help and didn’t feel the extra tasks were imposed on him.
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The extra homework felt imposed and made her very stressed out.
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Do you think the extra work is imposed fairly on the students?
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