adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a tacit/unspoken assumption (= one that no one says aloud )
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There seemed to be a tacit assumption that they would get married.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
agreement
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Their attempts at lovemaking dwindled to the point of non-existence, until there was an unspoken agreement not to try any more.
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There would have to be an unspoken agreement between them.
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By some unspoken agreement they settled quietly together to watch the night fall and the heavy tide thunder in.
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An unspoken agreement grants peace and prosperity, respectively, to scholars and publishers who stay out of the public debate.
assumption
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Children so treated all too quickly respond to their teacher's unspoken assumptions .
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Electronic commerce depends on the unspoken assumption that computers cooperate efficiently for seamless information sharing.
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Rather it may point to an unspoken assumption that it does.
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The unspoken assumption in all the speculation is that Yeltsin is too sick to serve out his four-year term.
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Taking generalised formulations of legal theory seriously can often lead into the cul-de-sac of the unspoken assumption of that theory.
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Thus unspoken assumptions about work actually interfered with business goals.
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There is often an unspoken assumption that they are a waste of resources that could be used to save younger people.
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It often appears in general Synod with some unspoken assumptions about the text of the Bible.
question
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But the last unspoken question consumed her with fresh guilt.
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The unspoken question among them seems to be: What's it going to be, boxing or chess?
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One way of understanding this is to view the discourse as proceeding by answering imagined and unspoken questions by the receiver.
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Everywhere an unspoken question seemed to hang heavily in the air: Would we have been better off without Home Rule?
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The air was suddenly thick with unspoken questions .
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Perhaps you do not want to pass on; in which case I shall answer your unspoken question .
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And Cardiff seemed to hear that unspoken question again: Is it you?
rule
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Meanwhile, residential social work is hedged about with overt and unspoken rules in any effort to improve matters.
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For there is an unspoken rule that to swoop too eagerly on the in-flight sweet is uncool.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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unspoken thoughts
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We had an unspoken agreement not to ask personal questions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All this was unspoken , of course.
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All through the day, remember to show him you like him in unspoken ways like smiles, pats and brief hugs.
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Given the tone of our conversation and the weather, an entire nexus of unspoken intrigue suddenly surrounded me.
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He left swiftly and she gazed after him, the words of refusal unspoken .
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Their attempts at lovemaking dwindled to the point of non-existence, until there was an unspoken agreement not to try any more.
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We do not, by unspoken consent, talk politics when we meet.