tangible

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  1. adjective Discernible by the touch; palpable: a tangible roughness of the skin.
  2. adjective Possible to touch.
  3. adjective Possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete: tangible evidence.
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  • Crying allows people to turn abstract emotion into something tangible, which is often more manageable and controllable (2). —  Serendip's Exchange -
  • Our columnist describes how asserting the importance of information governance is crucial to making that asset tangible, addressable and protected. —  Latest from Computerworld
  • If the police had something more tangible, they would be bragging about how they stopped something serious from happening. —  Libertarian Blog Place
  • But I would suggest looking into something a little more tangible, and just about as old as political corruption, to be the main culprit here; Mamon. —  Libertarian Blog Place
  • Consider replacing money with more-tangible, more down-to-earth forms of wealth. —  Countercurrents.org
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  1. Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangere, to touch; see tag- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French tangible = Provencal Spanish tangible = Portuguese tangivel = Italian tangibile, from Late Latin tangibilis, that may be touched, from Latin tangere, touch: see tangent.
 

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