HOW TO PRONOUNCE
tacit
/ˈtæsɪt/
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Stress “ta” and give “c” an “s” sound.
Use two syllables, starting with the short a vowel of cat. Keep the final syllable lighter and end with t; the c does not have a hard k sound.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“Their silence suggested tacit agreement.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does tacit mean?
adjective
- Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
- Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtæsɪt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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This has been represented as a tacit relinquishment of those debts, and as a wicked contrivance to screen public defaulters.
Mr. Pontellier had been a rather courteous husband so long as he met a certain tacit submissiveness in his wife.
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In the tacit agreement of husband and wife to keep their estrangement a secret they behaved as would have been ordinary.
The blush that rose to my own cheeks somehow set us both at ease, for it was a tacit answer to her own.
In the minds of almost all religious persons, even in the most tolerant countries, the duty of toleration is admitted with tacit reserves.