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How to pronounce impossible
Say it like this: /ɪmˈpɑ.sə.bəl/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does impossible mean?
adjNot possible; not able to be done or happen.
“It is difficult, if not impossible, to memorize 20,000 consecutive numbers.”
Very difficult to deal with.
“This humidity is impossible.”
imaginary
“impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers”
nounAn impossibility.
“In fact, to most people, the real impossibles do not seem impossible, or wonderful, or even difficult at all.”
A skateboard trick consisting of a backflip performed in midair.
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