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Definition of tacit adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tacit

adjective
 
/ˈtæsɪt/
 
/ˈtæsɪt/
 [usually before noun]
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  1. that is suggested indirectly or understood, rather than said in words
    • tacit approval/support/knowledge
    • By tacit agreement, the subject was never mentioned again.
    Topics Suggestions and advicec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTacit is used with these nouns:
    • acceptance
    • acknowledgement
    • admission
    • …
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    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘wordless, noiseless’): from Latin tacitus, past participle of tacere ‘be silent’.
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