tangible

see definition of tangible

adjreal, concrete

Word Origin & History

1580s, "capable of being touched," from Middle French tangible, from Late Latin tangibilis "that may be touched," from Latin tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Sense of "material" (e.g. tangible reward) is first recorded 1610s; that of "able to be realized or dealt with" is from 1709.

Example Sentences for tangible

It was quite as tangible as his money profits promised to be.

Rosa's color and spirits had returned, at the sight of her tangible ally at the gate.

Had she any tangible ground for believing that Calendar could be found in Queensborough?

On every side was the silence, pressing upon them with a tangible presence.

I take it that trustworthy and honest in tangible things are much the same.

It would imply the invisibility of a tangible substance; of a solid.

And with the tangible symbol of it, the price of his mare, he emigrates to America.

Our disappointment filled that tiny cockpit like a tangible mist.

How could I get at some tangible conclusion as to her character and antecedents?

She read it as a tangible statement, which could never be superseded.

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adj real, concrete

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More words related to tangible

actual

adjective. truly existing, real

bodily

adjective. concerning animate structure

concrete

adjective. actual, factual

corporal

adjective. bodily, physical

corporeal

adjective. bodily, physical

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