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tangible
CEFRB2
/ˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.b(ə)l/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Real and able to be touched or clearly seen.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailAble to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
Examples
Everything tangible relating to a computer can be called 'hardware'.
Service economy is a useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsPerceptible; able to be perceived.
Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.
More examples
In contextThere's no tangible connection.
Yes, but what are the tangibles?
While the SCP universe is, of course, filled with things that we would certainly not consider "real", most of the SCPs are tangible or perceivable in some way.
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Origin
adjective
Borrowed from Middle French tangible, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangere (“to touch”)