imposer
Meanings
Verb
1. to impose
2. to tax (a person, a product), or to impose (a tax)
3. to triumph, to win (reflexive)
4. to establish oneself, to make a name for oneself (reflexive)
5. to be required, to be called for (reflexive)
Examples32
Il s'est imposé vendredi devant Beat Feuz.
On Friday he triumphed over Beat Feuz.
Quelques précisions s'imposent.
Some clarifications are called for.
Le régime s'est fait très impopulaire en imposant le vin.
The regime made itself very unpopular by taxing wine.
Je ne voulais pas m'imposer.
I didn't want to intrude.
Je ne veux rien vous imposer.
I don't want to force anything on you.
N'essayez pas d'imposer vos idées aux autres.
Don't try to foist your ideas on others.