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tan·gi·ble 
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| 1. | capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial. |
| 2. | real or actual, rather than imaginary or visionary: the tangible benefits of sunshine. |
| 3. | definite; not vague or elusive: no tangible grounds for suspicion. |
| 4. | (of an asset) having actual physical existence, as real estate or chattels, and therefore capable of being assigned a value in monetary terms. |
| 5. | something tangible, esp. a tangible asset. |
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tan·gi·bil·i·ty, tan·gi·ble·ness, noun
tan·gi·bly, adverb
—Synonyms 1. palpable, corporeal. 2. certain, genuine, perceptible. 3. specific.
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tangible
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| tan·gi·ble
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adj.
n.
[Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangere, to touch; see tag- in Indo-European roots.] tan'gi·bil'i·ty, tan'gi·ble·ness n., tan'gi·bly adv. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
tangible
1589, "capable of being touched," from M.Fr. tangible, from L.L. tangibilis "that may be touched," from L. tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Sense of "material" (e.g. tangible reward) is first recorded 1620; that of "able to be realized or dealt with" is from 1709.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| tangible | |
adjective | |
| 1. | perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness" [ant: impalpable] |
| 2. | capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" [syn: real] |
| 3. | (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value ; "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery" [ant: intangible] |
| 4. | capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie" [syn: palpable] [ant: impalpable] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
tangible [ˈtӕndʒəbl] adjective
real or definite
Example: tangible evidence
Example: tangible evidence
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Tangible
Tan"gi*ble\, a. [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch: cf. F. tangible. See Tangent.]1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. --Bacon. 2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. "A tangible blunder." --Byron. Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others. --Southey. -- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- Tan"gi*bly, adv.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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