IMPOSSIBLE
/ɪmˈpɒs.ə.bəl/
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Definition
/ɪmˈpɒs.ə.bəl/
noun
- An impossibility“Late 14th century: “Madame,” quod he, “this were an impossible!” — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales”
adjective
- Not possible; not able to be done or happen.“It is difficult, if not impossible, to memorize 20,000 consecutive numbers.”
- (of a person) Very difficult to deal with.“You never listen to a word I say – you're impossible!”
- Imaginary“impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers”
Source: Wiktionary
