TACT

Meaning of TACT in English

■ noun skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues.

Origin

C17 (denoting the sense of touch): via Fr. from L. ~us 'touch, sense of touch', from tangere 'to touch'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TACT — tact- see tanger
Interlingua English vocab
TACT — (all meanings) tacte (-osi). TACTLESS: sin tacte
English interlingue dictionary
TACT — noun see: tangent Date: 1797 sensitive mental or aesthetic perception , a keen sense of what to do or say …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TACT — ˈtakt noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Latin tactus sense of touch, from tactus, past participle of tangere to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TACT — (n.) Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is …
Английский словарь Webster
TACT — (n.) The stroke in beating time.
Английский словарь Webster
TACT — noun Etymology: French, sense of touch, from Latin tactus, from tangere to touch — more at tangent Date: 1797 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TACT — noun the stroke in beating time. 2. tact ·noun the sense of touch; feeling. 3. tact ·noun sensitive mental touch; …
Webster English vocab
TACT — [tact] n [F, sense of touch, fr. L tactus, fr. tangere to touch--more at tangent] (1797) 1: sensitive mental or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TACT — tact BrE AmE tækt
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TACT — / tækt; NAmE / noun [ U ] the ability to deal with difficult or embarrassing situations carefully and without …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TACT — tact /tækt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: 'sense of touch' , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TACT — n. 1 adroitness in dealing with others or with difficulties arising from personal feeling. 2 intuitive perception of the right …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TACT — n. 1 adroitness in dealing with others or with difficulties arising from personal feeling. 2 intuitive perception of the right …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TACT — n.1 adroitness in dealing with others or with difficulties arising from personal feeling. 2 intuitive perception of the right thing …
Oxford English vocab
TACT — Tact is the ability to avoid upsetting or offending people by being careful not to say or do things that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TACT — Tact is the ability to avoid upsetting or offending people by being careful not to say or do things that …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TACT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB require ▪ Marketing social work's image requires tact and subtlety. ▪ The task of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TACT — [noun] [U] - the ability to say or do the right thing without making anyone unhappy or angryThe young nurse …
Cambridge English vocab
TACT — n. Function: noun skill and grace in dealing with others FF1C; handled the embarrassing situation with great tact FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TACT — noun skill and grace in dealing with others handled the embarrassing situation with great tact Synonyms: address, delicatesse, diplomacy, poise, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TACT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great VERB + TACT ▪ have ▪ call for , need , require ▪ The situation called …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TACT — n. discretion, diplomacy, sensitivity, savoir faire, judgement, politesse, delicacy, finesse, cleverness, prudence, care, carefulness, dexterity, dexterousness, discernment, judiciousness, adroitness, skill, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TACT — сущ. такт, тактичность to display tact, to exercise tact, to show tact ≈ проявить такт по отношению к чему-л./ к …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TACT — tact.ogg tækt n 1. такт, тактичность to have great tact - быть очень тактичным to demonstrate /to show/ a remarkable …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TACT — n 1. такт, тактичность to have great tact - быть очень тактичным to demonstrate /to show/ a remarkable an unerring …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TACT — сущ. 1) такт, тактичность to display tact, to exercise tact, to show tact — проявить такт по отношению к чему-л. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TACT — сущ. 1) такт, тактичность to display tact, to exercise tact, to show tact — проявить такт по отношению к чему-л. / к …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TACT — в соч. - logical tact
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
TACT — в соч. - logical tact
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
TACT — сущ. такт, тактичность to display tact, to exercise tact, to show tact ≈ проявить такт по отношению к чему-л./ к …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TACT — (n.) The sense of touch; feeling.
Английский словарь Webster
TACT — ( n. ) The stroke in beating time.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TACT — ( n. ) The sense of touch; feeling.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TACT — ( n. ) Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TACT — /takt/ , n. 1. a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TACT — n. diplomacy, ability to skillfully deal with people, finesse; sense of what is proper or appropriate, taste
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TACT — n. Pronunciation: ' takt Function: noun Etymology: French, sense of touch, from Latin tactus, from tangere to touch ― more …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TACT — Synonyms and related words : ability, accommodatingness, acumen, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, agreeableness, airmanship, allergy, amenity, anaphylaxis, appreciation, appreciation of …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TACT — n. 1. ( Rare. ) Touch, feeling, ~ion, sense of feeling. 2. Adroitness ( in appreciating circumstances and acting accordingly …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TACT — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
TACT — See ↑ POLITE 4
Longman Activator English vocab
TACT — n. 25B6; noun DIPLOMACY, tactfulness, sensitivity, understanding, thoughtfulness, consideration, delicacy, discretion, prudence, judiciousness, subtlety, savoir faire; informal savvy.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TACT — n. 1) to display, exercise, show; have ~ 2) considerable, great; subtle ~ 3) the ~ to + inf. (does …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
TACT — Такт
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TACT — 1) период 2) такт 3) тактовый
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TACT — такт, тактичность
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TACT — (n) такт
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TACT — n 1. такт, тактичность to have great ~ - быть очень тактичным to demonstrate /to show/ a remarkable [an unerring] …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TACT — n. такт, тактичность
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TACT — n. такт, тактичность
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TACT — _n. такт, тактичность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TACT — n. такт, тактичность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TACT — такт, тактичность
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
TACT — _n. такт, тактичность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
TACT — Такт
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
TACT — Мерка
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
TACT — Мера множества
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
TACT — Мера
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
TACT — Измерение
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
TACT — Аппликатура
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
TACT — [n.] 1) такт, тактичность 2) [муз.] такт
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
TACT — n 1) такт, тактичность; 2) муз. такт
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
TACT — такт
English-Russian Online Dictionary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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