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"ref": "1652, Thomas Fuller, A Comment on the Eleven First Verses of the Fourth Chapter of S. Matthew’s Gospel, London: George Eversden, Sermon 7, p. 105",
"text": "Many texts present him [Satan] with sadness, partly from his incapability of salvation, for want of a Saviour; partly from his impossibility to repent, because of his implacable and invincible malice.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The state of being unable to do something."
],
"links": [
[
"unable",
"unable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) The state of being unable to do something."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "inability"
},
{
"word": "incapability"
},
{
"word": "helplessness"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"obsolete",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪliti/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪmˌpɑsɪˈbɪliti/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪlɪti"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:impossibility",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "castle in the air"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:impossibility",
"word": "impossibility"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:impossibility",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "pie in the sky"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:impossibility",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "pipe dream"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mustaḥīl",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مُسْتَحِيل"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "umulighed"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onmogelijkheid"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"word": "neeblaĵo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"word": "mahdottomuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impossibilité"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "adýnato",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"word": "αδύνατο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akatórthoto",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"word": "ακατόρθωτο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "adynamía",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"word": "αδυναμία"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apithanótita",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"word": "απιθανότητα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katórthoma",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"word": "κατόρθωμα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "parempódisi",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"word": "παρεμπόδιση"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"word": "veadjemeahttunvuohta"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something that is impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "niemożliwość"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imposibilidá"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "qeyri-mümkünlük"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "mümkünsüzlük"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nevǎzmožnost",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "невъзможност"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impossibilitat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùkěnéng",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "不可能"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "umulighed"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onmogelijkheid"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "neebleco"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "neeblo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "võimatus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "mahdottomuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impossibilité"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imposibilidade"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šeuʒlebloba",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "შეუძლებლობა"
},
{
"code": "oge",
"lang": "Old Georgian",
"roman": "veršeʒleba",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "ვერშეძლება"
},
{
"code": "oge",
"lang": "Old Georgian",
"roman": "veršeʒlebay",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "ვერშეძლებაჲ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Unmöglichkeit"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "adýnato",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αδύνατο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anéfikto",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ανέφικτο"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "lehetetlenség"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impossibilità"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukanō",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "不可能"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "mümkünsüzdük",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "мүмкүнсүздүк"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "neiespējamība"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nevozmožnost",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "невозможност"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"word": "veadjemeahttunvuohta"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ommäajlichkjeit"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "niemożliwość"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "niemożność"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impossibilidade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imposibilitate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nevozmóžnostʹ",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "невозмо́жность"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nemogúćnōst"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "немогу́ћно̄ст"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imposibilidad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "omöjlighet"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nemožlývistʹ",
"sense": "quality of being impossible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "неможли́вість"
}
],
"word": "impossibility"
}
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