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IMPOSSIBLE ACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impossible action mean? 

IMPOSSIBLE ACTION (noun)
  The noun IMPOSSIBLE ACTION has 1 sense:

1. an alternative that is not availableplay

  Familiarity information: IMPOSSIBLE ACTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMPOSSIBLE ACTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An alternative that is not available

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

impossibility; impossible action

Hypernyms ("impossible action" is a kind of...):

alternative; choice; option (one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impossible action"):

impossible (something that cannot be done)


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