Impossible (song)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
"An impossible dream"
"An impossible situation"
(2) Totally unlikely
(3) Used of persons or their behavior
"Impossible behavior"
"Insufferable insolence"
noun
(4) Something that cannot be done
"His assignment verged on the impossible"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From French impossible, from Latin impossibilis, from in- ‘not’ + possibilis ‘possible’, from possum ‘to be able’ + suffix -ibilis ‘-able’.
Adjective
- Not possible, not able to be done
- Nothing is impossible, only impassible. --Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
- Of a person, very difficult to deal with.
- You never listen to a word I say - you're impossible!
Noun
- An impossibility.
- Late C14: “Madame,” quod he, “this were an impossible!” — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
- (with definite article) That which seems impossible.
- If we work together, we can achieve the impossible!