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English

Etymology

Latin tangibilis, from tangere, "to touch".

Adjective

  1. touchable; able to be touched or feel|felt; perceptible by the sense of touch; palpable
  2. possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete
  3. comprehensible by the mind; understandable


Translations

  • Finnish: ,
  • German:
  • Italian:
  • : απτός, απτή, απτό

Noun

  1. real or concrete results
  2. : Yes, but what are the tangibles?


Related terms


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French

Adjective

tangible

  1. #English|tangible


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tangible \Tan"gi*ble\, a. [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch:
cf. F. tangible. See Tangent.]
1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]

2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily
apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. "A
tangible blunder." --Byron.
[1913 Webster]

Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.
--Southey.
[1913 Webster] -- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- Tan"gi*bly,
adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet tangible
adj 1: perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch;
"skin with a tangible roughness" [ant: intangible]
2: possible to be 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 by the senses or the mind;
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"
[syn: palpable] [ant: impalpable]
5: having substance or material existence; perceptible to the
senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by
tangible objects" [syn: physical, touchable]
Moby Dictionary
actual , apparent , appreciable , assessed valuation , assets ,
assets and liabilities , atoms , bodily , circumstances , clear ,
clear as crystal , concrete , corporeal , crystal-clear ,
current assets , deferred assets , detectable , discernible , distinct ,
embodied , evident , explicit , express , fabric , fixed assets ,
frozen assets , funds , gross , indisputable , indubitable ,
intangible assets , intangibles , liquid assets , manifest , material ,
material assets , matter , means , medium , net assets , net worth ,
noticeable , objective , observable , obvious , open-and-shut ,
ostensive , palpable , patent , perceivable , perceptible , perspicuous ,
phenomenal , physical , plain , plain as day , ponderable ,
quick assets , real , resources , seeable , self-evident ,
self-explaining , self-explanatory , sensible , solid , somatic , stock ,
stock-in-trade , stuff , substance , substantial , substantive ,
tactile , tangible assets , tangibles , to be seen , touchable ,
unmistakable , visible , wealth


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