tangibleadj.n.

/ˈtandʒɪb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin tangibilis that may be touched, < tangĕre to touch: see -ble suffix. So French tangible (16th cent. in Littré).

A. adj.

a. Capable of being touched; affecting the sense of touch; touchable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [adjective]

touchablec1384

treatablec1384

palpable1395

gropable14..

maniable1483

tangible1589

tactable1611

tactile1615

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. i. 53 Of the things that haue conueniencie by relation, as the visible by light colour and shadow: the audible by stirres, times and accents:..the tangible by his obiectes in this or that regard.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 769 That Body, or that which is Tangible and Divisible, is the Only Substantial Thing.

1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 319 The..desire of having some visible and tangible object of adoration.

1886 F. W. H. Myers in E. Gurney et al. Phantasms of Living I. Introd. p. lix These sounds, these movements, these tangible apparitions.

(a) Hence, Material, externally real, objective.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > cognizable by the senses or phenomenal

palpable?1435

comprehensible1579

tractable1605

tangible1620

sensitive1686

phenomenic1808

phenomenal1825

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 56 Whereof externall, and tangible workes are produced.

1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 5 The denunciations of Christianity are material and tangible.

1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 145 He would not have had much chance of winning tangible rewards.

1875 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica i. 1 From a very early period of human existence, known to us only by the tangible memorials of primitive inhabitants.

(b) tangible assets n. physical and material assets which can be precisely valued or measured.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > assets

family jewels1819

asset1825

net asset1863

fixed asset1898

intangible1914

net current asset1919

hidden reserve1930

tangible assets1930

family silver1976

1930 Economist 29 Mar. 710/1 Net tangible assets may be defined as total assets less ‘intangibles’ (goodwill, patents, etc.), current liabilities, and funded debt.

1977 Time 8 Aug. 39/3 Recognizing that shares of many companies are selling at far less than the replacement value of their tangible assets, a number of chief executives have been using corporate cash to buy the assets of other companies at a discount.

1982 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 19/2 Alexander Howden's net tangible assets were overstated..according to the audit of the British insurance company.

2. That may be discerned or discriminated by the sense of touch; as a tangible property or form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [adjective] > that may be discerned by touch

tangible1664

1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery i. i. 5 This method..is the best, the most certain, visible and tangible.

1684 J. Phillips tr. N. A. de La Framboisière Art of Physick i. 14 [They have] so many real Agreements of Tangible Qualities.

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §45. 49 Certain Ideas, perceivable by Touch, as Distance, Tangible Figure, and Solidity.

1814 T. Chalmers Evid. Christian Revel. viii. 211 The only way to learn its tangible properties is to touch it.

3. figurative. That can be laid hold of or grasped by the mind, or dealt with as a fact; that can be realized or shown to have substance; palpable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective]

understandinga1382

sensiblea1393

knowablea1425

perceivablec1443

takablec1449

understandablec1475

intendible1489

intentiblea1492

intelligible1509

facile1531

level1559

discernable1561

receptible1574

intendable?1577

excogitable1592

penetrable1594

comprehensible1598

scrutablec1604

distinguishable1611

discernible1616

perviousa1631

fathomable1633

cognoscible1648

colligible1650

determinable1658

intelligent1676

cognizable1681

apprehensive1692

susceptible1694

tangible1709

apprehensible1715

pronounced1728

comprehendible1814

graspable1818

prehensiblea1832

prononcé1838

possible1864

receivable1865

unsmothered1891

readable1908

discriminable1946

society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > perceptible to the mental view

notablea1398

feelablec1443

tangible1709

noticeable1849

the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adjective] > that may be realized or made real

tangible1709

realizable1853

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §96. 111 Tangible Ideas.

a1763 J. Byrom Remarks Horace in Poems (1773) I. 310 That none of you touch a most tangible Blunder.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV II. 284 These proposals assumed a more tangible form..after the arrival of Turenne.

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxiii. 361 Without any tangible ground of complaint.

4. Capable of being touched or affected emotionally.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective]

passiblec1384

susceptive1577

impressive1593

waxy1594

eath1596

impressible1626

mutual1657

responsive1657

open1672

susceptible1709

unsteeled1744

unblunted1775

sensate1788

affectible1796

tangible1813

suscipient1815

impressionable1833

impressional1860

unseared1860

reachable1873

passionful1902

1813 L. Hunt in Examiner 11 Jan. 22/2 He..is like the..Executioner,..tangible neither by groan nor by indignation.

B. n.

A thing that may be touched; something material or objective. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > thing or material object > cognizable by the senses or phenomenon

sensiblea1500

phenomenona1639

phenomen1644

palpability1841

effect1856

tangible1890

interphenomenon1944

1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xix. 77 Those things are tangibles; their real properties, such as shape, size, mass, consistency, position, reveal themselves only to touch.

1962 Y. Malkiel in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 5 Range, i.e. the volume and spread of the material assembled, represents..the most obvious criterion [for classifying dictionaries]; it is also the most objective, involving by definition tangibles alone.

1965 Economist 21 Aug. 697/2 He also had some tangibles to offer, in particular a request to Congress to eliminate the import fee on sugar.

1980 I. St. James Money Stones ii. i. 39 Financial operators like me deal in paper and rarely have first-hand contact with tangibles..reducing..a new jumbo jet or a sugar crop to one common denominator..Money.

Derivatives

ˈtangibleness n. the quality or state of being tangible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [noun]

palpability1601

touchableness1620

tactility1660

tangibility1665

touch1684

tangibleness1727

tactuality1858

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > matter or corporeal substance > state of being cognizable by the senses

tangibility1665

tangibleness1727

phenomenality1806

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Tangibleness, capableness of being touched or felt by the Touch.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. ii. §4 When only one attribute..is designated by the name; as visibleness; tangibleness; equality; squareness; milkwhiteness; then the name can hardly be considered general.

1893 C. A. Wingerter in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. II. 1410 We have not appreciated it [duty to the poor] fully unless we recognize its tangibleness.

ˈtangibly adv. in a tangible manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [adverb]

palpablya1456

palpable1585

tangibly1847

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adverb]

fleshlyc1175

temporallyc1380

materiallya1398

naturallya1513

carnally1527

physically1583

grossly1585

worldwarda1617

terrenelya1638

elementarily1643

crassly1664

tangibly1847

incarnately1856

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tangibly.

1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes 54 The human forms appeared..more tangibly visible.

Draft additions September 2017

tangible property n. Law property (such as gold, real estate, and personal possessions) which has a physical existence; opposed to intangible property n. at intangible adj. and n. Additions.

ΚΠ

1775 Morning Chron. 6 May It is surprising such adventurous bankers as lend out money on private faith, without tangible property, can sleep in their beds.

1854 Albion 16 Sept. 438/3 A summary sentence of exile from Spain, and a confiscation of her tangible property.

1927 Washington Post 27 Feb. 2/4 The tax rate on tangible property, such as automobiles, furniture, equipment, jewelry and the like, is $1.80 per $100.

2011 V. A. Zelizer Econ. Lives 113 The courts staunchly opposed converting a wife's money into her tangible property.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	tangible
释义	tangibleadj.n. /ˈtandʒɪb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin tangibilis that may be touched, < tangĕre to touch: see -ble suffix. So French tangible (16th cent. in Littré). A. adj. 1. a. Capable of being touched; affecting the sense of touch; touchable. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [adjective] touchablec1384 treatablec1384 palpable1395 gropable14.. maniable1483 tangible1589 tactable1611 tactile1615 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. i. 53 Of the things that haue conueniencie by relation, as the visible by light colour and shadow: the audible by stirres, times and accents:..the tangible by his obiectes in this or that regard. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 769 That Body, or that which is Tangible and Divisible, is the Only Substantial Thing. 1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 319 The..desire of having some visible and tangible object of adoration. 1886 F. W. H. Myers in E. Gurney et al. Phantasms of Living I. Introd. p. lix These sounds, these movements, these tangible apparitions. b. (a) Hence, Material, externally real, objective. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > cognizable by the senses or phenomenal palpable?1435 comprehensible1579 tractable1605 tangible1620 sensitive1686 phenomenic1808 phenomenal1825 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 56 Whereof externall, and tangible workes are produced. 1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 5 The denunciations of Christianity are material and tangible. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 145 He would not have had much chance of winning tangible rewards. 1875 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica i. 1 From a very early period of human existence, known to us only by the tangible memorials of primitive inhabitants. (b) tangible assets n. physical and material assets which can be precisely valued or measured. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > assets family jewels1819 asset1825 net asset1863 fixed asset1898 intangible1914 net current asset1919 hidden reserve1930 tangible assets1930 family silver1976 1930 Economist 29 Mar. 710/1 Net tangible assets may be defined as total assets less ‘intangibles’ (goodwill, patents, etc.), current liabilities, and funded debt. 1977 Time 8 Aug. 39/3 Recognizing that shares of many companies are selling at far less than the replacement value of their tangible assets, a number of chief executives have been using corporate cash to buy the assets of other companies at a discount. 1982 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 19/2 Alexander Howden's net tangible assets were overstated..according to the audit of the British insurance company. 2. That may be discerned or discriminated by the sense of touch; as a tangible property or form. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [adjective] > that may be discerned by touch tangible1664 1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery i. i. 5 This method..is the best, the most certain, visible and tangible. 1684 J. Phillips tr. N. A. de La Framboisière Art of Physick i. 14 [They have] so many real Agreements of Tangible Qualities. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §45. 49 Certain Ideas, perceivable by Touch, as Distance, Tangible Figure, and Solidity. 1814 T. Chalmers Evid. Christian Revel. viii. 211 The only way to learn its tangible properties is to touch it. 3. figurative. That can be laid hold of or grasped by the mind, or dealt with as a fact; that can be realized or shown to have substance; palpable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective] understandinga1382 sensiblea1393 knowablea1425 perceivablec1443 takablec1449 understandablec1475 intendible1489 intentiblea1492 intelligible1509 facile1531 level1559 discernable1561 receptible1574 intendable?1577 excogitable1592 penetrable1594 comprehensible1598 scrutablec1604 distinguishable1611 discernible1616 perviousa1631 fathomable1633 cognoscible1648 colligible1650 determinable1658 intelligent1676 cognizable1681 apprehensive1692 susceptible1694 tangible1709 apprehensible1715 pronounced1728 comprehendible1814 graspable1818 prehensiblea1832 prononcé1838 possible1864 receivable1865 unsmothered1891 readable1908 discriminable1946 society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > perceptible to the mental view notablea1398 feelablec1443 tangible1709 noticeable1849 the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adjective] > that may be realized or made real tangible1709 realizable1853 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §96. 111 Tangible Ideas. a1763 J. Byrom Remarks Horace in Poems (1773) I. 310 That none of you touch a most tangible Blunder. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV II. 284 These proposals assumed a more tangible form..after the arrival of Turenne. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxiii. 361 Without any tangible ground of complaint. 4. Capable of being touched or affected emotionally. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective] passiblec1384 susceptive1577 impressive1593 waxy1594 eath1596 impressible1626 mutual1657 responsive1657 open1672 susceptible1709 unsteeled1744 unblunted1775 sensate1788 affectible1796 tangible1813 suscipient1815 impressionable1833 impressional1860 unseared1860 reachable1873 passionful1902 1813 L. Hunt in Examiner 11 Jan. 22/2 He..is like the..Executioner,..tangible neither by groan nor by indignation. B. n. A thing that may be touched; something material or objective. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > thing or material object > cognizable by the senses or phenomenon sensiblea1500 phenomenona1639 phenomen1644 palpability1841 effect1856 tangible1890 interphenomenon1944 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xix. 77 Those things are tangibles; their real properties, such as shape, size, mass, consistency, position, reveal themselves only to touch. 1962 Y. Malkiel in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 5 Range, i.e. the volume and spread of the material assembled, represents..the most obvious criterion [for classifying dictionaries]; it is also the most objective, involving by definition tangibles alone. 1965 Economist 21 Aug. 697/2 He also had some tangibles to offer, in particular a request to Congress to eliminate the import fee on sugar. 1980 I. St. James Money Stones ii. i. 39 Financial operators like me deal in paper and rarely have first-hand contact with tangibles..reducing..a new jumbo jet or a sugar crop to one common denominator..Money. Derivatives ˈtangibleness n. the quality or state of being tangible. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [noun] palpability1601 touchableness1620 tactility1660 tangibility1665 touch1684 tangibleness1727 tactuality1858 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > matter or corporeal substance > state of being cognizable by the senses tangibility1665 tangibleness1727 phenomenality1806 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Tangibleness, capableness of being touched or felt by the Touch. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. ii. §4 When only one attribute..is designated by the name; as visibleness; tangibleness; equality; squareness; milkwhiteness; then the name can hardly be considered general. 1893 C. A. Wingerter in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. II. 1410 We have not appreciated it [duty to the poor] fully unless we recognize its tangibleness. ˈtangibly adv. in a tangible manner. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [adverb] palpablya1456 palpable1585 tangibly1847 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adverb] fleshlyc1175 temporallyc1380 materiallya1398 naturallya1513 carnally1527 physically1583 grossly1585 worldwarda1617 terrenelya1638 elementarily1643 crassly1664 tangibly1847 incarnately1856 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tangibly. 1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes 54 The human forms appeared..more tangibly visible. Draft additions September 2017 tangible property n. Law property (such as gold, real estate, and personal possessions) which has a physical existence; opposed to intangible property n. at intangible adj. and n. Additions. ΚΠ 1775 Morning Chron. 6 May It is surprising such adventurous bankers as lend out money on private faith, without tangible property, can sleep in their beds. 1854 Albion 16 Sept. 438/3 A summary sentence of exile from Spain, and a confiscation of her tangible property. 1927 Washington Post 27 Feb. 2/4 The tax rate on tangible property, such as automobiles, furniture, equipment, jewelry and the like, is $1.80 per $100. 2011 V. A. Zelizer Econ. Lives 113 The courts staunchly opposed converting a wife's money into her tangible property. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1589
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