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imposing meaning

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  • Imposing was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse.
  • He was a chestnut son of Todman from the Arctic Explorer mare Hialeah.
  • Some of his major race victories included the 1979 AJC Epsom Handicap,
  • Retired to stud following his successful racing career,
  • VerbSUF-ing
    1. present participle of impose.
    2. AdjectiveCOMmore imposingSUPmost imposing
      1. Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • In May 2003, South Africa set the pace by banning thin plastic bags and imposing a tax on thick ones.
          • We find new restrictions on the Hilbert space of pure gravity by imposing invariance under large diffeomorphisms and normalizability of the wave function.
          • This is incredible stuff from Paraguay now. They have their tails up and are imposing wave after wave of attacks on the Argentina goal.

      Meaning of imposing for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "imposing" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Adjectives
          • Verbs
            • Verb forms
              • Participles
                • Present participles
          Difficultness: Level 2
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          Definiteness: Level 1
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