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impossible

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəl/

The English word “impossible” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
  2. Very difficult to deal with.
  3. imaginary

noun

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

Etymology

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

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