HOW TO PRONOUNCE
tangible
/ˈtændʒəbəl/
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Stress “tan” and give “g” a soft “j” sound.
Use three syllables, with the short a vowel of cat at the beginning. Keep the remaining two vowels light as you move through juh into the final bul.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The project produced a tangible result.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does tangible mean?
adjective
- Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
- Perceptible; able to be perceived.
- Able to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.
noun
- A physical object; something that can be touched.
- Real or concrete results.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtændʒəbəl/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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A clear line of difference divided like a tangible fence her experience within this maze of motion from her experience without it.
Increase--a sort of royal prerogative, of tangible and consumable homage--is due to the proprietor on account of his nominal and metaphysical occupancy.
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Throughout all the ages of early development, what we call "natural" disease and "natural" death meant the onslaught of a tangible enemy.
A man under such conditions needs something to occupy his thoughts, some tangible memento of his home and people beyond the seas.
For some reason every tangible evidence of her father was banished, and she was at last to be allowed to take his place.