Sekirov Dictionary

impossible

UK /ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəl/US /ɪmˈpɑ.sə.bəl/

adjective 3
noun 2
forms 4

adjective3

•
unable to happen or to be done at all
- 13 March 1962, John F. Kennedy, speech at the White House Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
- It is difficult, if not impossible, to memorize 20,000 consecutive numbers.
•
(informal) Very difficult to deal with.
- You never listen to a word I say – you're impossible!
- This humidity is impossible.
•
(old-fashioned) imaginary
- impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers

noun2

•
An impossibility.
- In fact, to most people, the real impossibles do not seem impossible, or wonderful, or even difficult at all. — 1888
A skateboard trick consisting of a backflip performed in midair.

forms

impossibles · more impossible · impossiblest · most impossible

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