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Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

impossible

Pronunciation:/ɪmˈpɒs.ə.bəl//ɪmˈpɑ.səbl/

noun

Definitions

  1. An impossibility

    Example: Late 14th century: “Madame,” quod he, “this were an impossible!” — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

adjective

Definitions

  1. Not possible; not able to be done or happen.

    Example: It is difficult, if not impossible, to memorize 20,000 consecutive numbers.

  2. (of a person) Very difficult to deal with.

    Example: You never listen to a word I say – you're impossible!

  3. Imaginary

    Example: impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers