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- Dictionarytacit/ˈtasɪt/
adjective
- 1. understood or implied without being stated: "your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement"
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understood without being expressed directly: The decision to settle out of court was seen as a tacit admission of guilt. There was a tacit understanding that we didn't want to see each other again. Synonyms. silent. unspoken. not expressing or talking about something directly or openly: He was accused of being a tacit accomplice of imperialism.
How to use tacit in a sentence. expressed or carried on without words or speech; implied or indicated (as by an act or by silence) but not actually expressed… See the full definition
not expressing or talking about something directly or openly: He was accused of being a tacit accomplice of imperialism. The leader has plenty of tacit supporters worldwide, including a number in Europe. Fewer examples. He said that smugglers were operating with the tacit approval of the community. They interpreted my silence as tacit acceptance.
Something tacit is implied or understood without question. Holding hands might be a tacit acknowledgment that a boy and girl are dating. The adjective tacit refers to information that is understood without needing to acknowledge it.
If you refer to someone's tacit agreement or approval, you mean they are agreeing to something or approving it without actually saying so, often because they are unwilling to admit to doing so. The question was a tacit admission that a mistake had indeed been made.
Tacit definition: understood without being openly expressed; implied. See examples of TACIT used in a sentence.
Definition of tacit adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. implied or inferred without direct expression; understood: a tacit agreement. 2. (Law) created or having effect by operation of law, rather than by being directly expressed. [C17: from Latin tacitus, past participle of tacēre to be silent] ˈtacitly adv. ˈtacitness n.
If you refer to someone's tacit agreement or approval, you mean they are agreeing to something or approving it without actually saying so, often because they are unwilling to admit to doing so. More Synonyms of 'tacit'
TACIT meaning: understood without being said: . Learn more.
