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impossible meaning

EN[ɪmˈpɒsɪbəl]
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WImpossible
  • Impossible, Imposible or Impossibles may refer to:
FR impossible

    Definition of impossible in English Dictionary

  • NounPLimpossiblesPREin-SUF-ible
    1. (obsolete) an impossibility.
    2. AdjectiveCOMmore impossibleSUPmost impossible
      1. Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
        1. (colloquial, of a person) Very difficult to deal with.
          1. You never listen to a word I say – you're impossible! ‎
        2. (mathematics, dated) imaginary.
          1. impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • It was almost impossible to locate specific books in the library until we had alphabetized them by the authors' surnames.
          • It is impossible to extirp it quite, friar. — Shakespeare.
          • She will clean her cottage — though its condition of age and fustering decay may render it an almost impossible task.
        2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
          • So, to sum up your argument, what you are saying is that it is impossible.
          • The existing Bavarocracy (the Greeks, who are as fond of puns as ever, used to call it barbarocracy) had become impossible.
          • Therefore, biopsy technique and orientation in the pathohistological assessment are very important, and correct classification in small superficial biopsies can be impossible.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Adjectives
          • Nouns
            • Countable nouns
          Related Links:
          1. fr impossible
          2. en impossibles
          3. fr impossibles
          4. fr impossiblement
          5. en impossibleness
          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of impossible for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "impossible" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
          Difficultness: Level 1
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          Definiteness: Level 9
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