impossible
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
How often you will meet it
Rank 717 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 26,367 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with an impossible dreaman impossible situation
- totally unlikely also: inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable
- (used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable also: unacceptable impossible behavior
noun
- something that cannot be done his assignment verged on the impossible
impossible in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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With such preparation, scarcely anything is impossible of attainment.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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In provincial cities, where everybody knows everybody else, such infamies are almost impossible.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The thing seems impossible, and yet here we are, knowing that he did it.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Woe to anyone who meets him in the garden, for it is impossible to escape from him.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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How far this was a popular superstition, and to what length his learning went, it is impossible to say.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1