tacit
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).
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tacit (comparative more tacit, superlative most tacit)
- Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
- 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, Lawrence Pratchett, Vivien Lowndes, editors, Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary, →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.
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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 edit
- “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.
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French tacite, from Latin tacitus.
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Adjective edit
tacit m or n (feminine singular tacită, masculine plural taciți, feminine and neuter plural tacite)
Declension edit
Declension of tacit
Further reading edit
- tacit in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)