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  • impossible/ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəl/adjectiveA22 meaningsUnable to happen or to be done, whatever anyone tries.
  • impossibly/ɪmˈpɒ.sɪb.li/adverbB2+To a degree beyond what can actually be done or exist, as of a task no one could complete or a waist too slender to be real.
  • imposternounB2+Somebody pretending to be who they are not.
  • impostor syndrome/ɪmˈpɒstə ˈsɪndɹəʊm/nounC1Feeling a fraud despite doing the work well.
  • impotence/ˈɪmpətəns/nounC12 meaningsComplete powerlessness to act or to change things.
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impotent
/ˈɪm.pə.tənt/
adjectiveC1
Without the power to act or to affect anything.
  • impound/ɪmˈpaʊ̯nd/verbC1To seize and hold something officially.
  • impoverished/ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/adjectiveC1Made very poor, or drained of richness.
  • impracticable/ɪmˈpɹaktɪkəb(ə)l/adjectiveC1Not able to be carried out.
  • impractical/ɪmˈpɹæktɪkəl/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsNot sensible or realistic to carry out.
  • impregnable/ɪmˈpɹɛɡ.nəˌb(ə)l/adjectiveC2So strong that it cannot be broken into.
  • impresario/ˌɪmpɹɪˈsɑːɹɪəʊ/nounC2Somebody who organises and finances shows.
  • impress/ɪmˈpɹɛs/verbB23 meaningsTo make someone admire you or think well of you.
  • impression/ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/nounB12 meaningsThe idea or feeling somebody leaves you with.
  • impressionable/ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/adjectiveC1Easily influenced by others.
  • impressionism/ɪmˈpɹɛʃənɪzəm/nounC1A style of painting that catches light and fleeting effects.
  • impressionistic/ɪmˌpɹɛ.ʃəˈnɪ.stɪk/adjectiveC2Giving a general feel rather than exact detail.
  • impressions/ɪmˈpɹɛʃənz/nounC1How many times an advertisement was shown.
  • impressive/ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/adjectiveB1So good or grand that people admire it at once.
  • imprint/ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/nounC14 meaningsThe name of a publishing house as it appears on a book, or a branded list within a larger publisher.
  • imprison/ɪmˈpɹɪzən/verbC1To shut somebody up in a prison.
  • imprisonment/ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/nounC1Being shut up in prison.
  • improbable/ɪmˈpɹɑbəbl̩/adjectiveB2+Very unlikely to be true or to happen.
  • impromptu/ɪmˈpɹɒmp.t(j)u/adjectiveB2+Done on the spot without preparation.
  • improper/ɪmˈpɹɒp.ə/adjectiveB22 meaningsNot right or not suitable for the occasion.
  • impropriety/ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/nounC1Behaviour that breaks the accepted standards.
  • improv/ˈɪmpɹɑv/nounC1Unscripted performance created on the spot.
  • improve/ɪmˈpɹuːv/verbB1To make something better than it was.
  • improvement/ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/nounB1+A change that makes something better.
  • improvisation/ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsPerforming without a script, inventing in the moment.
  • improvisational/ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃənəl/adjectiveC2Belonging to a style of performing in which the players invent the material as they go.
  • improvise/ˈɪm.pɹə.vaɪz/verbB23 meaningsTo make music up as you play it.
  • impudence/ˈɪmpjədəns/nounC2Cheeky disrespect towards somebody.
  • impudent/ˈɪmpjʊdənt/adjectiveC1Boldly disrespectful.
  • impugn/ɪmˈpjuːn/verbC2To cast doubt on somebody's honesty or motives.
  • impulse buynounC1Something bought on the spur of the moment.
  • impulsive/ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/adjectiveB23 meaningsActing on sudden feeling, without thinking about what follows.
  • impunity/ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/nounC1Freedom from any punishment for what you have done.
  • impure/ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsMixed with something that should not be there.
  • in a circlephraseA2Arranged around in a ring.
  • in a minutephraseA2Very soon, but not right now.
  • in a nutshellphraseB2Summed up in the fewest possible words.
  • in a rowphraseA2Arranged in one straight line.
  • in advancephraseB1Before the event or time concerned.
  • in donkey's yearsphraseC1In a very long time indeed.
  • in front ofphraseA12 meaningsPositioned ahead of or facing something.
  • in hindsightphraseC1Looking back with the knowledge you have now.
  • in hot waterphraseB2In serious trouble.
  • in principlephraseB2True in theory, whatever happens in practice.
  • in somebody's good booksphraseB2In favour with somebody at the moment.
  • in the blackphraseC1Having money left over rather than owing.
  • in the dark/ɪn ðə dɑːk/phraseB2Kept without the information you need.
  • in the endphraseB1Finally, after everything that has happened.
  • in the meantimephraseB2During the period until something else happens.
  • in the middle of nowherephraseB1Far from any town or anything at all.
  • in the nick of timephraseB2At the very last possible moment.
  • in the redphraseC1Owing money; overdrawn.
  • in the same boatphraseB2Facing the very same difficult situation as the others.
  • in the sticksphraseC1Out in the remote countryside, far from the city.
  • in transitphraseB2On the way, and not yet delivered.