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imposing

 
Adjective imposing has 2 senses
  1. baronial, imposing, noble, stately - impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
    Antonym: unimpressive (indirect, via impressive)
  2. distinguished, imposing, magisterial - used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
    Antonym: undignified (indirect, via dignified)
Verb impose has 3 senses
  1. enforce, impose - compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy"
    --1 is one way to compel, oblige, obligate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. inflict, bring down, visit, impose - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
    --2 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
    Derived forms: noun imposition2, noun imposition1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something on somebody
  3. levy, impose - impose and collect; "levy a fine"
    --3 is one way to charge, bill
    Derived form: noun imposition1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
imporvished impose impose a fine impose upon imposed imposes imposibble imposible imposing imposingly imposition imposition impossessive impossibility impossible impossible action impossibleness

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