Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-impose

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: self--im-pose
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To voluntarily impose on oneself.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Pelosi eventually agreed to self-impose term limits, albeit with an escape clause."
"Louisiana State University is self-imposing penalties on its football program as the NCAA investigates the team for rules violations, according to a report in Sports Illustrated."
"Kansas has self-imposed a four-game suspension for head coach Bill Self and assistant Kurtis Townsend to begin this season along with several other sanctions, the school announced Wednesday."
"Aug. 12, 2023, Michigan self-imposes Harbaugh suspension: In a disciplinary action that quite literally feels like it happened years ago, Michigan suspended Harbaugh for three games following alleged recruiting violations within his program."

Etymology

From self- + impose.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

self-imposes (present, singular) self-imposing (participle, present) self-imposed (participle, past) self-imposed (past)

Questions

What does self-impose mean?: To voluntarily impose on oneself.
Where does self-impose come from?: From self- + impose.

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