A Topical Dictionary: Search for tact

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English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ækt|-ækt

Noun

The sense of touch; feeling.
The stroke in beating time.
Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.

Derived terms

Translations

French: tact

fa:tact fr:tact io:tact it:tact hu:tact fi:tact ta:tact te:tact vi:tact

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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WordNet tact
n : consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving
offence [syn: tactfulness] [ant: tactlessness]

Moby Dictionary
ability , accommodatingness , acumen , acuteness , address , adeptness ,
adroitness , agreeableness , airmanship , allergy , amenity ,
anaphylaxis , appreciation , appreciation of differences ,
appreciativeness , artfulness , artisanship , artistic judgment ,
artistry , attentiveness , bravura , brilliance , capability , capacity ,
care , carefulness , civility , cleverness , comity , command ,
competence , complaisance , concern , connoisseurship ,
considerateness , consideration , control , coordination ,
courteousness , courtesy , craft , craftsmanship , critical niceness ,
criticalness , cunning , deference , deftness , delicacy , dexterity ,
dexterousness , dextrousness , diplomacy , discernment , discretion ,
discriminating taste , discriminatingness , discrimination ,
discriminativeness , efficiency , empathy , expertise , exquisiteness ,
facility , fastidiousness , feel , feeling , fine palate , fineness ,
finesse , gallantry , grace , gracefulness , graciousness , grip ,
handiness , head , heedfulness , helpfulness , horsemanship ,
hyperesthesia , hyperpathia , hypersensitivity , identification ,
indulgence , ingeniousness , ingenuity , irritability , judgement ,
judiciousness , know-how , leniency , making distinctions ,
marksmanship , mastership , mastery , mindfulness , nervousness ,
niceness of distinction , nicety , obligingness , oversensibility ,
oversensitiveness , overtenderness , palate , passibility , perception ,
perceptiveness , perceptivity , photophobia , poise , policy ,
politeness , politesse , politicness , practical ability , presence ,
prickliness , proficiency , prowess , prudence , quickness , readiness ,
refined discrimination , refined palate , refinement , regard ,
regardfulness , repose , resource , resourcefulness , respect ,
respectfulness , responsiveness , savoir faire , savoir-faire , savvy ,
seamanship , selectiveness , sense , sensibility , sensitiveness ,
sensitivity , sensitization , skill , skillfulness , smoothness ,
solicitousness , solicitude , soreness , style , suavity , subtlety ,
supersensitivity , sympathy , tactfulness , taste ,
technical brilliance , technical mastery , technical skill ,
technique , tenderness , tetchiness , thin skin , thought ,
thoughtfulness , ticklishness , timing , toleration , touchiness ,
understanding , urbanity , virtuosity , wit , wizardry , workmanship