tacit
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7.8
- adjective
- /ˈtæsɪt/
- But specific guidance and controls will cost far more in tacit learning than they will gain in efficiency.
- tacit knowledge
- tacit approval
- tacit understanding
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Watch on YouTubeI could have a tacit knowledge of why I trust somebody that I couldn't explain to you.
- I could have a tacit knowledge of why I trust somebody that I couldn't explain to you.
- MBS in Saudi Arabia with the reinforcement and sort of tacit approval of the United States, our own government here.
- But I was running in a Democratic primary, so having the blessing, even the tacit blessing of the cable news networks was important.
- It was always just sort of this tacit understanding that this is all one fungible pot of funds for us.
- And the basis and the root of this tacit support for Mr Putin is exactly this particular type of thinking sphere of influences.
- And one of the tacit themes that will underlie our discussion in this final unit of the course are the ways in which that parallel is manifest.
Examples
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I could have a tacit knowledge of why I trust somebody that I couldn't explain to you.
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A tacit agreement had grown between them... that she wouldn't see Lee's dissertation until it was finished.
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Most of what we know about our jobs is this kind of tacit knowledge.
Academic text (1991) -
In theory of mind is the theory, the tacit theory that every one of us has about the minds of other people.
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There are different ways of acquiring tacit knowledge: two of which are discussed here.
Academic text (2015) -
We already have a model for transferring tacit knowledge from individuals to institutions.
Academic text (2015) -
Efforts to promote environmental protection therefore cannot succeed without the tacit cooperation of the resident peoples involved.
Academic text (1999) -
If we cancel, it'll be seen as a tacit admission of guilt.
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Once again, we shook hands, this time with the tacit realization that we might never meet again.
Fiction book (1996) -
The moment they arrived, there was a tacit agreement among the friends to keep the surprise a secret.
Synonyms
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4.8
Not said aloud but people understand it
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6.1
Understood without being directly said as part of something else
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5.1
Accepted without being said or written
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3.7
Understood without words
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Etymology
Tacit comes from the old Latin verb tacere, which means 'to be silent'. You can see the same root in taciturn, meaning 'quiet'. So tacit means 'understood without being said', like an approval that comes from silence.