Impossible
[ɪm'pɒsɪb(ə)l] or [ɪm'pɑsəbl]
Definition
(noun.) something that cannot be done; 'his assignment verged on the impossible'.
(adj.) not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; 'an impossible dream'; 'an impossible situation' .
(adj.) totally unlikely .
(adj.) used of persons or their behavior; 'impossible behavior'; 'insufferable insolence' .
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Definition
(a.) Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible.
(n.) An impossibility.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Impracticable, unfeasible, unattainable, unachievable, not feasible, not possible, out of the question.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See POSSIBLE]
Typist: Tabitha
Definition
adj. that which cannot be done: that cannot exist: absurd or excessively odd.—n. Impossibil′ity.
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Examples
- That is quite impossible, said I, and entirely out of the question. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is quite too transparent, and it was a very bad compliment when you said that it was impossible for me to solve so simple a question. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The gal's manners is dreadful vulgar; and the boy breathes so very hard while he's eating, that we found it impossible to sit at table with him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That is impossible, Fanny. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It is impossible that it can be accidental! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- On the edge of her consciousness the question was asking itself, automatically: 'Why ARE you behaving in this IMPOSSIBLE and ridiculous fashion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We would then have Lee so surrounded that his supplies would be cut off entirely, making it impossible for him to support his army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We say in our argument that a return to the days of the stage-coach is impossible or that you cannot turn back the hands of the clock. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As it is impossible to know what your ideas are of the _maniére convenable_, how can one answer this? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I laughed, as, indeed, it was impossible to do otherwise. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It is hard now to leave the country but in no way impossible. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The advantage of much sleep to prepare them for their journey was impossible. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It is impossible to do justice to all the delicate attentions I received from Lord Worcester during nearly three years. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The reasons for this alteration were at the same time related, and they were such as to make further entreaty on his side impossible. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- But the uses to which they are put are civilization, and without the things the uses would be impossible. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Their leaders, Robespierre, Danton, Marat, who had hitherto been a group of impossibles on the extreme left, began to dominate the National Assembly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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