Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Incapable of being perceived by the senses.
- adjective Incapable of being realized or defined.
- adjective Incorporeal.
- noun Something intangible.
- noun An asset that cannot be perceived by the senses, such as intellectual property or goodwill.
- noun Law Incorporeal property such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch: often used figuratively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
incapable of beingperceived by thesenses ;incorporeal - noun Anything intangible
- noun law Incorporeal
property that issaleable though notmaterial , such asbank deposits ,stocks ,bonds , andpromissory notes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen
- noun assets that are saleable though not material or physical
- adjective (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value
- adjective incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch
- adjective hard to pin down or identify
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Examples
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In a new book, a team of World Bank economists writes, most of a country's wealth is captured by what we term intangible capital...
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In a new book, a team of World Bank economists writes, most of a country's wealth is captured by what we term intangible capital...
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In a new book, a team of World Bank economists writes, most of a country's wealth is captured by what we term intangible capital...
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In a new book, a team of World Bank economists writes, most of a country's wealth is captured by what we term intangible capital...
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I came to realize that the work of the GBM was driven by certain intangible values.
Wangari Maathai: Spiritual Environmentalism: Healing Ourselves by Replenishing the Earth Wangari Maathai 2010
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I came to realize that the work of the GBM was driven by certain intangible values.
Wangari Maathai: Spiritual Environmentalism: Healing Ourselves by Replenishing the Earth Wangari Maathai 2010
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I came to realize that the work of the GBM was driven by certain intangible values.
Wangari Maathai: Spiritual Environmentalism: Healing Ourselves by Replenishing the Earth Wangari Maathai 2010
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Many precautions by the white-gods had Jerry been aware of, and so, sensing it almost in intangible ways, as a matter of course he accepted this barbed-wire fence on the floating world as a mark of the persistence of danger.
CHAPTER III 2010
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There was something ominous about it, and in intangible ways one was made to feel that the worst was about to come.
Chapter 17 2010
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I came to realize that the work of the GBM was driven by certain intangible values.
Wangari Maathai: Spiritual Environmentalism: Healing Ourselves by Replenishing the Earth Wangari Maathai 2010
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