impossible

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more impossiblemost impossible

Superlative

inpossible

1.
(not comparable, usually)Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
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.
Sarah thinks that nothing is impossible because things can always somehow happen.
2.
(colloquial, not comparable, usually)Very difficult to deal with.
You never listen to a word I say – you're impossible!
This humidity is impossible.
3.
(dated, not comparable, usually)(mathematics, dated) imaginary
impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

impossiblesinpossible

1.
An impossibility.
2.
A skateboard trick consisting of a backflip performed in midair.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

unfeasible nonpossibleunhappenableunpossiblenonpossible nonstandardunhappenable rareunpossible rare

Trái nghĩa

possible inevitablenot able to be done or happen possible, inevitable

Cùng gốc / liên quan

impossiblenessunimpossibleimpossible drivedo the impossibleimpossible forkimpossible storyimpossible tridentimpossibilityimpossiblyimpossible bottleimpossible dreamimpossible eventimpossible pieimpossible trinitymission impossibleask the impossibleimpossible dipimpossible color

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English impossible, equivalent to im- + possible.