tact

  • 21tact — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great VERB + TACT ▪ have ▪ call for, need, require ▪ The situation called for considerable tact …

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  • 22tact — n. 1) to display, exercise, show; have tact 2) considerable, great; subtle tact 3) the tact to + inf. (does she have the tact to conduct the negotiations?) * * * [tækt] exercise great havetact show subtle tact c …

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  • 23tact — noun Etymology: French, sense of touch, from Latin tactus, from tangere to touch more at tangent Date: 1797 1. sensitive mental or aesthetic perception < converted the novel into a play with remarkable skill and tact > 2. a keen sense of what to&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24TACT — n. m. Toucher; celui des cinq sens par lequel on connaît ce qui est chaud ou froid, dur ou mou, uni ou raboteux, etc. Cela se reconnaît au tact. Les aveugles ont le tact plus sûr et plus fin que ceux qui voient. Il signifie, au figuré, Sentiment&#8230; …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 25tact — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. diplomacy, finesse, discretion, consideration. See taste, conduct. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. perception, discrimination, judgment, acuteness, penetration, intelligence, acumen, common sense,&#8230; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 26tact — [17] Tact originally denoted the ‘sense of touch’ (that is what Alexander Ross was referring to when he wrote ‘Of all the creatures, the sense of tact is most exquisite in man’, Arcana microcosmi 1651). But by the end of the 18th century it had&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 27tact — [[t]tæ̱kt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Tact is the ability to avoid upsetting or offending people by being careful not to say or do things that would hurt their feelings. Her tact and intuition never failed. She was a discreet and sympathetic confidante.&#8230; …

    English dictionary

  • 28tact — [17] Tact originally denoted the ‘sense of touch’ (that is what Alexander Ross was referring to when he wrote ‘Of all the creatures, the sense of tact is most exquisite in man’, Arcana microcosmi 1651). But by the end of the 18th century it had&#8230; …

    Word origins

  • 29tact — noun a) The sense of touch; feeling. Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight? b) The stroke in beating time. Now, sight is a very refined tact …

    Wiktionary

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