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self-impose

self-impose verb: to voluntarily impose on oneself.

Verb

self-impose (third-person singular simple present self-imposes, present participle self-imposing, simple past and past participle self-imposed)

  1. (transitive) To voluntarily impose on oneself.
    • Pelosi eventually agreed to self-impose term limits, albeit with an escape clause.2019 March 7, Zachary B. Wolf, “8 times Democrats clashed with each other since taking power”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2019
    • 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.2020 October 21, David Close, “Report: LSU bans Odell Beckham Jr. and self-imposes penalties as NCAA investigates rules violations”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2020

Forms of self-impose

third-person singular presentself-imposes
present participleself-imposing
past participleself-imposed
pastself-imposed

Origin of self-impose

From self- + impose.

Questions about self-impose

What does self-impose mean?
Self-impose means to voluntarily impose on oneself.
What part of speech is self-impose?
Self-impose is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-impose?
The past tense of self-impose is self-imposed.

Words near self-impose in the dictionary

  1. self-immolation
  2. self-immolations
  3. self-importance
  4. self-important
  5. self-importantly
  6. self-impose
  7. self-imposed
  8. self-imposes
  9. self-imposing
  10. self-impotent
  11. self-improve

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