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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
tact
n 1: consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving
offense [syn: tact, tactfulness] [ant: tactlessness]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tact \Tact\, n. [L. tactus a touching, touch, fr. tangere,
tactum, to touch: cf. F. tact. See Tangent.]
1. The sense of touch; feeling.
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Did you suppose that I could not make myself
sensible to tact as well as sight? --Southey.
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Now, sight is a very refined tact. --J. Le Conte.
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2. (Mus.) The stroke in beating time.
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3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice
perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and
doing what is required by circumstances.
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He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and
boldness to those of Richelieu, and had carried them
into effect with a tact and wariness worthy of
Mazarin. --Macaulay.
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A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much
as the tact of her sex surpassed the tact of ours.
--Macaulay.
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Thesaurus Results for tact:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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