tangible — tan‧gi‧ble [ˈtændʒbl] adjective 1. tangible results, proof, benefits etc can clearly be seen to exist or to have happened: • New revenue streams, particularly from e commerce opportunities are creating tangible benefits for the core business. • … Financial and business terms
tangible — tan|gi|ble [ˈtændʒıbəl] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: tangibilis, from Latin tangere to touch ] 1.) clear enough or definite enough to be easily seen or noticed ≠ ↑intangible ▪ The scheme must have tangible benefits for the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
tangible — adjective 1 tangible proof/results/benefits etc proof, results, advantages etc that are easy to see so that there is no doubt: Welfare reform has not yet brought any tangible benefits. opposite intangible 2 formal able to be felt by touch… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tangible — tangibility, tangibleness, n. tangibly, adv. /tan jeuh beuhl/, adj. 1. capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial. 2. real or actual, rather than imaginary or visionary: the tangible benefits of sunshine. 3.… … Universalium
tangible — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. material, real; touchable, palpable; concrete, perceptible. See feeling, substance, touch. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. perceptible, palpable, material, real, substantial, appreciable, sensible,… … English dictionary for students
tangible — UK [ˈtændʒəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) important and noticeable tangible evidence The scheme will bring tangible economic benefits to the area. 2) formal something that is tangible is something that you can touch His hostility was almost tangible.… … English dictionary
tangible — tan|gi|ble [ tændʒəbl ] adjective 1. ) important and noticeable: The plan will bring tangible economic benefits to the area. tangible evidence 2. ) FORMAL something that is tangible is something you can touch: His hostility was almost tangible. ╾ … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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tangibly — tangible tan‧gi‧ble [ˈtændʒbl] adjective 1. tangible results, proof, benefits etc can clearly be seen to exist or to have happened: • New revenue streams, particularly from e commerce opportunities are creating tangible benefits for the core… … Financial and business terms
ECONOMIC HISTORY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple period exile and restoration second temple period talmudic era muslim middle ages medieval christendom economic doctrines early modern period sephardim and ashkenazim… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… … Universalium