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UK
/tˈændʒəbəl/
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[ US /ˈtændʒəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈtændʒəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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capable of being treated as fact
tangible evidence
his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor -
perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
skin with a tangible roughness -
capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
a barely palpable dust
felt sudden anger in a palpable wave
a palpable lie
the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton
a palpable lie -
(of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value
tangible assets such as machinery
tangible property like real estate
How To Use tangible In A Sentence
- Measurement Intangible assets, such as knowledge and learning, account for a large part of a company's value.
- Even in the straight world of economics, where production and tangibles were once central, indices of happiness, creativity and other non-material values have taken centre stage.
- Products may also be different for less tangible reasons, such as perceived quality enhanced by brand names or advertising slogans. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
- All her meanness and prosaicness was forgotten, all her imperfections and shortcomings; it was home, the one tangible thing in the glittering emptiness of the spheres. Gulliver of Mars
- In contrast to liberty, equality is an almost intangible romantic dream, to be realized sometime in the future.
- And it is precisely this intangible element - a sense of shared values and community - that is the legacy that seems to be the driving force sustaining and vitalizing this collection.
- That's because mentors show you the ropes - those that are tangible and intangible.
- It takes time to foster a creative work environment and to understand how creativity can bring you tangible benefits. Times, Sunday Times
- With its elegiac note of a civilisation falling apart while two old men continue their moves toward checkmate, the story is a luminous exploration of a culture that is both realisable yet tantalisingly intangible.
- She has that intangible quality which you might call charisma.
