prove impossible (=be impossible because you have tried but not succeeded ) It proved impossible for the two sides to reach an agreement.

become impossible As it became darker, it became impossible for the players to see the ball. COLLOCATIONS verbs seem impossible It seemed impossible that he would ever recover from the injury. ✗ Don’t say: It was a very impossible task. You say: It was an absolutely impossible task. Grammar Impossible is not used with ‘very’. impossibility / ɪmˌpɒsəˈbɪləti $ -ˌpɑː- / noun One hundred percent airline security is a practical impossibility. 3 DIFFICULT behaving in a very unreasonable and annoying way Oh, you’re just impossible! - impossibly adverb Some sales managers think selling abroad is impossibly difficult. His attitude is making life impossible for the rest of the team. Helen’s refusal to cooperate put me in an impossible position. Whatever we decided to do would upset someone. 2 DIFFICULT PROBLEM a situation that is impossible is one that you cannot deal with We were in an impossible situation. Such mental attitudes are difficult, if not impossible, to change. Six months ago, peace seemed an impossible dream.

It was physically impossible to get the fridge through the door. He was faced with a seemingly impossible task. It is difficult to find work these days, but for blind people it is virtually impossible. Members with young children often found it impossible to attend evening meetings. S2 W2 adjective 1 IMPOSSIBLE something that is impossible cannot happen or be done OPP possible ‘I want to speak to Mr Franks.’ ‘I’m afraid that’s impossible.’ It’s impossible to be accurate about these things.Possibly ≠ impossibly From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English impossible im‧pos‧si‧ble 1 / ɪmˈpɒsəb əl $ ɪmˈpɑː- / Possibility ≠ impossibility the impossible possible

Seems almost impossible