impossibility

[ im-pos-uh-bil-i-tee, im-pos- ]
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noun,plural im·pos·si·bil·i·ties for 2.
  1. condition or quality of being impossible.

  2. something impossible.

Origin of impossibility

1
1350–1400; Middle English impossibilite<Late Latin impossibilitās.See im-2, possibility

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British Dictionary definitions for impossibility

impossibility

/ (ɪmˌpɒsəˈbɪlɪtɪ, ˌɪmpɒs-) /


nounplural -ties
  1. the state or quality of being impossible

  2. something that is impossible

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