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1. (n.) tact
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult situations; diplomacy.
2. tact
a keen sense of what is appropriate or tasteful.
Etymology: (1150–1200; < L tāctus sense of touch <tag-, var. s. of tangere to touch)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tact, tactfulness
consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
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1. (noun) tact
the ability to use words carefully to avoid upsetting people
You could have used a little more tact.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tact
the sense of touch; feeling
2. (noun) tact
the stroke in beating time
3. (noun) tact
sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances
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Sense: care and skill in one's behaviour to people, in order to avoid hurting or offending them
He showed tact in dealing with difficult customers.
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 Afrikaans: takt |
 Arabic: لَباقَه، كِياسَه |
 Bulgarian: тактичност |
 Brazilian: tato |
 Czech: takt |
 German: der Takt |
 Danish: takt |
 Greek: διακριτικότητα, τακτ |
 Spanish: tacto |
 Estonian: taktitunne |
 Farsi: مردم داری؛ کاردانی |
 Finnish: tahdikkuus |
 French: tact |
 Hebrew: טַקט |
 Hindi: चातुर्य |
 Croatian: takt, nježan i siguran po |
 Hungarian: tapintat |
 Indonesian: siasat |
 Icelandic: háttvísi |
 Italian: tatto |
 Japanese: 如才なさ |
 Korean: 재치 |
 Lithuanian: taktas |
 Latvian: takts; takta izjūta |
 Malay: kebijaksanaan |
 Dutch: tact |
 Norwegian: takt, finfølelse |
 Polish: takt, wyczucie |
 Persian: مردم داری؛ کاردانی |
 Pashto: وخت پېژندنه، ځاى پېژندنه |
 Portuguese: tacto |
 Romanian: tact |
 Russian: такт |
 Slovak: takt, jemnocit, vkus |
 Slovenian: takt |
 Serbian: takt |
 Swedish: takt[fullhet] |
 Thai: ไหวพริบ |
 Turkish: incelik, diplomasi |
 Taiwanese: 圓滑，得體 |
 Ukrainian: такт, тактовність |
 Urdu: ہوشياري، حکمت |
 Vietnamese: sự tế nhị |
 Chinese: 圆滑，得体 |
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