See Also: impossible 1, adjective(dictionary)
Impossible(medicine)
impossible(dictionary)
impossible 2, noun(dictionary)
big 1, adjective(dictionary)
far 2, adjective(dictionary)
away 2, adjective(dictionary)
through 2, adjective(dictionary)
third 1, adjective(dictionary)
bad 1, adjective(dictionary)

impossible 1, adjective (oh)



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1 ?can't be done?
2 ?situation?
3 ?person?
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?CAN'T BE DONE?
something that is impossible cannot happen or be done
-opposite possible possible
::'I want to speak to Mr Franks.' 'I'm afraid that's impossible.'
:: It's impossible to be accurate about these things.
::The noise made sleep impossible .
:: Members with young children often found it impossible to attend evening meetings.
:: It is difficult to find work these days, but for blind people it is virtually impossible .
:: He was faced with a seemingly impossible task.
::It was physically impossible to get the fridge through the door.
:: Six months ago, peace seemed an impossible dream .
::Such mental attitudes are difficult, if not impossible , to change.
?SITUATION?
a situation that is impossible is one that you cannot deal with
::We were in an impossible situation. Whatever we decided to do would upset someone.
::Helen's refusal to cooperate put me in an impossible position .
::His attitude is making life impossible for the rest of the team.
::He was facing impossible odds.
?PERSON?
behaving in a very unreasonable and annoying way
::Oh, you're just impossible!
-- impossibly adv
::Some sales managers think selling abroad is impossibly difficult.
::He looked impossibly handsome in his formal suit.
-- impossibility /Im7pCsZ5bIlZti ?@ -7pB:-/ n [U and C]
::100 percent airline security is a practical impossibility.
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
it is impossible (for somebody) to do something
make something impossible
find it impossible to do something
prove impossible (=be impossible, because you have tried but not succeeded)
virtually/almost/practically/nearly impossible
well-nigh impossible (=almost impossible)
absolutely/utterly impossible
seemingly impossible (=seeming to be impossible)
physically impossible
impossible task
impossible feat (=something that is impossible to do)
impossible dream (=something you want but that will never happen)
difficult, if not impossible (=difficult, and perhaps impossible)