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Revision as of 08:32, 6 April 2021
English
Etymology
Borrowed from late Middle French tacite, or from Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent”), from tacere (“to be silent”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tacit (comparative more tacit, superlative most tacit)
- Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
- tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection
- 1983, Stanley Rosen, Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image, page 62:
- He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.
- 2004, Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary (Lawrence Pratchett, Vivien Lowndes; →ISBN:
- […] disengagement represents a tacit rejection of governing institutions and processes, especially among young people, […]
- (logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
Derived terms
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Translations
Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
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Not derived from formal principles of reasoning
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Further reading
- “tacit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “tacit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “tacit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
From French tacite, from Latin tacitus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tacit m or n (feminine singular tacită, masculine plural taciți, feminine and neuter plural tacite)
Declension
Declension of tacit
Further reading
- tacit in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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