Tangible

[tan·gi·ble]

When you can touch something, it's tangible: "I need tangible proof that aliens exist I want to shake their little green hands!"

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Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.

Adjective S.
possible to be treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"

Adjective S.
having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by tangible objects"

Adjective
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"

Adjective
perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness"

Adjective
(of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value ; "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery"

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a.
Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.

a.
Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.


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.
-- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- Tan"gi*bly, adv.

Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.

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Usage Examples

I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now I'm trying to do stuff that's just fun. Until I find a cool tangible subject again that I want to tackle.

A large part of my life revolves around my dad. Sometimes, I even feel a strong sense of connection, something very tangible when I learn something new in the martial arts.

Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.

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Other Usage Examples

The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary.

Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. I'm interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books.

Only the other world has substance and reality only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion it is a joy of every moment.

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

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