HyperDic: impossible

English > 4 senses of the word *impossible*:
ADJECTIVE	all	impossible	not capable of occurring or being accomplished / accomplished or dealt with
	all	impossible, inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable	totally unlikely
	all	impossible, unacceptable	used of persons or their behavior
NOUN	cognition	impossible	something that cannot be done

impossible > pronunciation
Sounds	ihmpaa'sahbahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *impossible*: 4 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	not capable of occurring or being accomplished / accomplished or dealt with.
Examples	"an impossible dream" "an impossible situation"
Attribute of	possibility, possibleness	capability of existing or happening / happening / happening or being true
Narrower	hopeless	Certain to fail
	impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable	not capable of being carried out or put into practice
	out	not worth considering as a possibility
	unachievable, unattainable, undoable, unrealizable	impossible to achieve
See also	hopeless	Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
	impractical	not practical
	insurmountable, unsurmountable	not capable of being surmounted or overcome
	unrealistic	not realistic
	unthinkable	Incapable of being conceived or considered
Opposite	possible	capable of happening / happening or existing
Spanish	imposible
Catalan	impossible
Nouns	impossibility, impossibleness	incapability of existing or occurring
Adverbs	impossibly	to a degree impossible of achievement

English > *impossible*: 4 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	totally unlikely.
Synonyms	inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable
Broader	unthinkable	Incapable of being conceived or considered
Spanish	impensable, imposible, inconcebible, inimaginable
Catalan	impossible, inconcebible, increïble, inimaginable
Nouns	impossibleness	incapability of existing or occurring

English > *impossible*: 4 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	Used of persons or their behavior.
Example	"impossible behavior"
Synonym	unacceptable
Broader	intolerable, unbearable, unendurable	Incapable of being put up with
Spanish	inaceptable, inadmisible, inaguantable, insoportable, insufrible, intolerable
Catalan	inacceptable, inadmisible, inaguantable, insofrible, insuportable, intolerable

English > *impossible*: 4 senses > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	Something that cannot be done.
Example	"his assignment verged on the impossible"
Broader	impossibility, impossible action	An alternative that is not available
Spanish	imposible
Catalan	impossible

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