/ɪmˈpɒsəbəl/
Translation
So hard that it cannot happen or cannot be done.
Word origin
From Latin impossibilis, built from in- meaning not and possibilis meaning possible.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- impossibilis
- English cognates
- possible
Examples
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"Impossible" means there is no way to do it.
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"Almost impossible" means very nearly too hard.
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The opposite of "impossible" is "possible".
Used in
Grammar articles
(7)Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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