English Explanatory Dictionary

tacit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
  2. Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Pronunciation

/ˈtæsɪt/ en-us-tacit.ogg

Word forms

tacit more tacit most tacit

Etymology

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”).

Related words

tacet taciturn taciturnity taciturnly tacenda

Derived words

tacitly tacitness tacit programming tacit collusion
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