impossibility
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impossibility
- /ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪliti/ UK
- /ɪmˌpɑsɪˈbɪliti/ US
Rhymes with -ɪlɪti
Where it comes from
From Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitās. By surface analysis, im- + possibility and impossible + -ity.
noun impossibilities
- Something that is impossible. Meeting the deadline is an impossibility; there is no way we can be ready in time.
- The quality of being impossible. 1548, Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke, London: Richard Grafton, Henry VIII, year 15, After long reasonyng, there wer certain appoynted, to declare the impossibilite of this demaunde to the Cardinal,
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The state of being unable to do something.
Here by this petition whan we say, Leade vs not into temptation, we learne to know our own impossibilitie and infirmitie, namely that we bee not able of our owne selues to with∣stand this great and mightye enemye the deuill.
Similar: inability, incapability, helplessness
Similar: castle in the air, impossibility, pie in the sky, pipe dream · Opposite: certainty, inevitability, possibility, sure thing
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: impossibleness, impossible action, impossible, unavailability, inability, incapacity, failure, lack, helplessness, powerlessness, impotence, absence, denial, aberration, refusal, weakness
noun
Similar: castle in the air, impossibility, pie in the sky, pipe dream · Opposite: certainty, inevitability, possibility, sure thing
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noun something that is impossible
| Français | impossibilité |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | αδύνατο adýnato, ακατόρθωτο akatórthoto, αδυναμία adynamía, απιθανότητα apithanótita, κατόρθωμα katórthoma, παρεμπόδιση parempódisi |
| العربية | مُسْتَحِيل mustaḥīl |
noun quality of being impossible
| Español | imposibilidad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 不可能 fukanō |
| 中文 | 不可能 bùkěnéng |
| Português | impossibilidade |
| Français | impossibilité |
| Deutsch | Unmöglichkeit |
| Italiano | impossibilità |
| Ελληνικά | αδύνατο adýnato, ανέφικτο anéfikto |
| Română | imposibilitate |
| Русский | невозмо́жность nevozmóžnostʹ |
Talk about this word "impossibility." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/impossibility. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. impossibility. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/impossibility "impossibility." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/impossibility.Cite this
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