IMPOSSIBLE


Meaning of IMPOSSIBLE in English

adj.1 not possible; that cannot occur, exist, or be done (such a thing is impossible; it is impossible to alter them).

2 (loosely) not easy; not convenient; not easily believable.

3 colloq. (of a person or thing) outrageous, intolerable.

Derivatives:

impossibly adv.

Etymology: ME f. OF impossible or L impossibilis (as IN-(1), POSSIBLE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.