"imposing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪmˈpoʊzɪŋ/ [General-American], /ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-imposing.ogg [US] Forms: more imposing [comparative], most imposing [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊzɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} imposing (comparative more imposing, superlative most imposing)
  1. Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity. Translations (magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity): σοβαρός (sobarós) (Ancient Greek), внушителен (vnušitelen) (Bulgarian), импозантен (impozanten) (Bulgarian), imponent (Catalan), imposant (Catalan), 壯觀 (Chinese Mandarin), 壮观 (zhuàngguān) (Chinese Mandarin), 雄偉 (Chinese Mandarin), 雄伟 (xióngwěi) (Chinese Mandarin), impozantní (Czech), imposant (Danish), imponerende (Danish), statelig (Danish), monumental (Danish), impona (Esperanto), mahtava (Finnish), näyttävä (Finnish), imposant (French), impressionnant (French), imposant (German), beeindruckend (German), impozáns (Hungarian), imponente (Italian), впе́чатлив (vpéčatliv) (Macedonian), импоза́нтен (impozánten) (Macedonian), marutuna (Maori), imponujący (Polish), imponente (Portuguese), impozant (Romanian), măreț (Romanian), impunător (Romanian), falnic (Romanian), внуши́тельный (vnušítelʹnyj) (Russian), импоза́нтный (impozántnyj) (Russian), впечатля́ющий (vpečatljájuščij) (Russian), imponente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-imposing-en-adj-QA8kCU8s

Verb

IPA: /ɪmˈpoʊzɪŋ/ [General-American], /ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-imposing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊzɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} imposing
  1. present participle and gerund of impose Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: impose
    Sense id: en-imposing-en-verb-d5FFgMON Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "impozántnyj",
      "sense": "magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity",
      "word": "импоза́нтный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vpečatljájuščij",
      "sense": "magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity",
      "word": "впечатля́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity",
      "word": "imponente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "imposing"
}

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