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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.
The meaning of TACIT is expressed or carried on without words or speech. How to use tacit in a sentence.
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.
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.
The adjective tacit refers to information that is understood without needing to acknowledge it. For example, since we know that the sky is blue, that kind of assumption is tacit. Lawyers talk about "tacit agreements," where parties give their silent consent and raise no objections.
Definition of tacit adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
