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Definitions for tacit
ˈtæs ɪttac·it

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. silent, tacit, understoodadjective

    implied by or inferred from actions or statements

    "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"

Wiktionary

  1. tacitadjective

    Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.

  2. tacitadjective

    Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Tacitnoun

    Silent; implied; not expressed by words.

    Etymology: tacite, Fr. tacitus, Latin.

    As there are formal and written leagues respective to certain enemies, so is there a natural and tacit confederation amongst all men, against the common enemy of human society, pirates. Francis Bacon, holy War.

    In elective governments there is a tacit covenant, that the king of their own making shall make his makers princes. Roger L'Estrange.

    Captiousness not only produces misbecoming expressions and carriage, but is a tacit reproach of some incivility. John Locke.

Wikipedia

  1. Tacit

    Tacit knowledge or implicit knowledge—as opposed to formal, codified or explicit knowledge—is knowledge that is difficult to express or extract, and thus more difficult to transfer to others by means of writing it down or verbalizing it. This can include personal wisdom, experience, insight, and intuition.For example, knowing that London is in the United Kingdom is a piece of explicit knowledge; it can be written down, transmitted, and understood by a recipient. In contrast, the ability to speak a language, ride a bicycle, knead dough, play a musical instrument, or design and use complex equipment requires all sorts of knowledge which is not always known explicitly, even by expert practitioners, and which is difficult or impossible to explicitly transfer to other people.

ChatGPT

  1. tacit

    Tacit refers to something that is understood or implied without being directly stated or expressed. It often refers to knowledge, agreement, or consent.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tacitadjective

    done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tacit

    tas′it, adj. implied, but not expressed by words: silent, giving no sound.—adv. Tac′itly.—n. Tac′itness.—adj. Tac′iturn, habitually tacit or silent: not fond of talking: reserved in speech.—ns. Tac′iturnist, one habitually taciturn; Taciturn′ity, habitual silence: reserve in speaking.—adv. Tac′iturnly. [L. tacitus, pa.p. of tacēre, to be silent.]

Anagrams for tacit »

  1. attic

  2. Attic

  3. catti

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tacit in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tacit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of tacit in a Sentence

  1. Kara Frederick:

    I'm very circumspect about Biden’s actions in this summit because we're supposed to impose costs when cyberattacks occur and when they meet a level of attribution to a state, most cyber criminals in Russia operate with tacit state approval.

  2. Taipei Mayor Chiang:

    If you can manage the relationship between Beijing and Taipei well, then that will – to some extent – reduce the pressure from that kind of dollar diplomacy, if both sides can reach some sort of tacit understanding … then we will avoid that kind of bad situation.

  3. Brian Hart:

    China is willing to give Russia some tacit support politically, diplomatically and to some extent economically, but the bottom line is that it isn't going to go out of its way and undercut its other strategic objectives to support Russia.

  4. Pooja Shakun Pandey:

    This is the first time I find Pooja Shakun Pandey using the term' genocide' in Indian politics, they have tacit support in the form of government silence.

  5. Troy Slaten:

    If there is any evidence of even tacit knowledge, involvement or participation, it would certainly give a Family Court judge concern over placing a child in that environment.

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