impossibility
Something that is impossibleSomething that is impossible.
» It's an impossibility.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Something that is impossible.
Meeting the deadline is an impossibility; there is no way we can be ready in time.
(uncountable)The quality of being impossible.
Unmöglichkeit
невозмо́жностьnevozmóžnostʹ
неможли́вістьnemožlývistʹ
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The state of being unable to do something.
- an alternative that is not available
- incapability of existing or occurring
Examples
19 sentencesIt's an impossibility.
Utopia today means a realisable impossibility.
deUnter Utopie versteht man heute eine realisierbare Unmöglichkeit. — Esperantostern
Modern science has turned many impossibilities into possibilities.
Climbing that steep mountain is a physical impossibility.
ruВзобраться на эту крутую гору физически невозможно. — sharptoothed
Love makes you forget all forms of impossibility.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitās. By surface analysis, im- + poFrom Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitās. By surface analysis, im- + possibility and impossible + -ity.
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Forms
plural: impossibilities| Singular | impossibility |
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Synonyms
9 synonyms- an alternative that is not available:impossible action
- incapability of existing or occurring:impossibleness
Antonyms
4 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable