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self-imposing

self-imposing is the present participle and gerund of self-impose.

Meaning of self-impose

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

Questions about self-imposing

What is self-imposing the present participle and gerund of?
Self-imposing is the present participle and gerund of self-impose.

Words near self-imposing in the dictionary

  1. self-important
  2. self-importantly
  3. self-impose
  4. self-imposed
  5. self-imposes
  6. self-imposing
  7. self-impotent
  8. self-improve
  9. self-improved
  10. self-improvement
  11. self-improvements

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