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improbable
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French improbable, from im- +? probable.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?p??b?bl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?p??b?bl?/
- Hyphenation: im?prob?a?ble
Adjective
improbable (comparative more improbable, superlative most improbable)
- Not likely to be true.
- Not likely to happen.
Antonyms
- probable
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- impossible
Catalan
Adjective
improbable (masculine and feminine plural improbables)
- improbable, unlikely
- Antonym: probable
Derived terms
- improbablement
Related terms
- improbabilitat
Further reading
- “improbable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “improbable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “improbable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “improbable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From im- +? probable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.p??.babl/
Adjective
improbable (plural improbables)
- unlikely, improbable (not likely)
- Synonym: peu probable
Further reading
- “improbable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- improbábel
Adjective
improbable m or f (plural improbables)
- improbable (not likely to happen)
- Antonym: probable
Derived terms
- improbabilidade
Further reading
- “improbable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish
Adjective
improbable (plural improbables)
- improbable, unlikely
- Antonym: probable
Derived terms
Further reading
- “improbable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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preposterous
English
Alternative forms
- præposterous (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin praeposterus (“with the hinder part before, reversed, inverted, perverted”), from prae (“before”) + posterus (“coming after”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???p?st???s/, /p???p?st??s/, /p??-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???p?st???s/, /p???p?st??s/
Adjective
preposterous (comparative more preposterous, superlative most preposterous)
- Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
- 2016 January 30, "America deserves more from presidential hopefuls," The National (retrieved 31 January 2016):
- Democrats, too, must be criticised. While they have not made preposterous statements or been threatening or demagogic, they, all too often, have come up short, failing to propose new ideas that can help unwind conflicts raging across the Middle East.
- 2016 January 30, "America deserves more from presidential hopefuls," The National (retrieved 31 January 2016):
Synonyms
- absurd
- foolish
- irrational
- nonsensical
- See also Thesaurus:absurd
Translations
See also
- topsy-turvy
- upside down
Further reading
- preposterous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- preposterous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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