tangible
Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touchTouchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
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Examples
12 sentencesPlease show me a tangible example.
Everything tangible relating to a computer can be called 'hardware'.
Service economy is a useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity.
Meaning
4 sensesTouchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
greifbar, erfühlbar
осяза́емыйosjazájemyj, ощути́мыйoščutímyj
perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
Able to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
konkret
реа́льныйreálʹnyj, конкре́тныйkonkrétnyj, осяза́емыйosjazájemyj
capable of being treated as fact
Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.
erfassbar, fassbar, begreifbar
поня́тныйponjátnyj
Perceptible; able to be perceived.
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French tangible, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangere (“toBorrowed from Middle French tangible, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangere (“to touch”)
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Forms
more tangible, most tangible| Comparative | more tangible Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most tangible Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
40 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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