What is "tacit" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does tacit mean in English? Meaning of tacit definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "tacit" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "tacit": implied by or inferred from actions or statements

Adjective

  • Meaning: implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  • Example: gave silent consent a tacit agreement the understood provisos of a custody agreement
  • Synonyms: silent tacit understood
  • Similar: implicit inexplicit
  • Adjective: 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 9287155798): […] disengagement represents a tacit rejection of governing institutions and processes, especially among young people, […]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 9287155798): […] 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.
  • Synonyms:

    unspoken, indirect, implied, implicit, assumed, inarticulate, silent, suggested, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, allusive, inferred, undeclared, unvoiced, alluded to, hinted at, intimated, unstated, wordless,

    Antonyms:

    stated, explicit, express,

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