"impossibility" meaning in All languages combined

See impossibility on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪmˌpɒsəˈbɪləti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-impossibility.wav [US] Forms: impossibility [singular], impossibilities [plural]
Etymology: impossible + -ity Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|impossible|ity}} impossible + -ity Head templates: {{noun|impossibility|impossibilities}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The impossibility of something is the quality of it being impossible.
    Sense id: simple-impossibility-en-noun-Y0yFpYM2
  2. An impossibility is something that cannot happen.
    Sense id: simple-impossibility-en-noun-oV8H8l8Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ity
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