invincible

CEFRC1

/ɪnˈvɪn.sə.bəl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Impossible to defeat or harm.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Someone or something that cannot be defeated, destroyed, or killed.

Examples

  • The French monarchy seemed invincible; however, it was overthrown.

  • Tom seems to think that he's invincible.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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3
Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Impossible to defeat, destroy, or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome.

More examples

In context

  • Tom thinks he's invincible.

  • Nothing in this world could / Ever bring them down / Yeah, they're invincible / And she's just in the background

  • You know our armie is inuincible: As many circumcized Turkes we haue, And warlike bands of Chriſtians renyed, As hath the Ocean or the Terrene ſea Small drops of water, […]

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Origin

adjective

From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”), from in- (“not”) + vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”).