impossible task

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• impossible task — index impasse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• impossible task — unachievable mission, unattainable task, unrealistic task …   English contemporary dictionary

• task — [tɑːsk ǁ tæsk] noun [countable] 1. a piece of work that must be done, especially one that must be done regularly: • Scheduling is a key task for most managers. • day to day management tasks • computers that can do dozens of tasks at the same time …   Financial and business terms

• impossible — [im päs′ə bəl] adj. [OFr < L impossibilis: see IN 2 & POSSIBLE] 1. not capable of being, being done, or happening 2. not capable of being done easily or conveniently 3. not capable of being endured, used, agreed to, etc. because disagreeable… …   English World dictionary

• impossible — im|pos|si|ble1 W2S2 [ımˈpɔsıbəl US ımˈpa: ] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(can t be done)¦ 2¦(situation)¦ 3¦(person)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(CAN T BE DONE)¦ something that is impossible cannot happen or be done ≠ ↑possible ▪ I want to speak to Mr Franks. I m afraid that… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• impossible — im|pos|si|ble [ ım pasəbl ] adjective *** 1. ) if something is impossible, no one can do it or it cannot happen: We were faced with an impossible task. it is impossible to do something: It would be impossible to gather this information without… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• impossible — [[t]ɪmpɒ̱sɪb(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ to inf/that, ADJ to inf Something that is impossible cannot be done or cannot happen. It was impossible for anyone to get in because no one knew the password... He thinks the tax is… …   English dictionary

• impossible */*/*/ — UK [ɪmˈpɒsəb(ə)l] / US [ɪmˈpɑsəb(ə)l] adjective 1) a) if something is impossible, no one can do it or it cannot happen We were faced with an impossible task. it is impossible to do something: It would be impossible to gather this information… …   English dictionary

• impossible*/*/*/ — [ɪmˈpɒsəb(ə)l] adj 1) if something is impossible, no one can do it or it cannot happen We were faced with an impossible task.[/ex] It would be impossible to gather this information without using computers.[/ex] 2) extremely difficult to do or to… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Task Force Faith — Task Force Faith, also sometimes referred to as Task Force Maclean (and by its official designation, RCT 31) was a United States Army unit destroyed in fighting at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War between November 27 and… …   Wikipedia

• task — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awesome, challenging, daunting, enormous, formidable, great, Herculean, huge, mammoth (esp. BrE), massive …   Collocations dictionary