Definitions for tact

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Spelling: [takt]
IPA: /tækt/

Tact is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in tact (actt).

Definitions for tact

noun

  1. a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
  2. a keen sense of what is appropriate, tasteful, or aesthetically pleasing; taste; discrimination.
  3. touch or the sense of touch.

Origin of tact

1150-1200; Latin tāctus sense of touch, equivalent to tag-, variant stem of tangere to touch + -tus suffix of v. action

Examples for tact

Pete considered that he was behaving with great discernment and tact.

In the strength of that conviction he committed a fault of tact.

On the very first episode of that venerable program, Jock Ewing gave his son, J.R., a tart-tongued lesson about tact and subtlety.

"Oh, I guess it wouldn't hurt them," said Yates, with a lack of tact that was not habitual.

The tapering of certain letters indicates the laudable trait of tact.

The 27-year-old will need to display a level of tact and diplomacy with which he has not previously ever been associated.

The result has all the passion, tact, and nuance of a street-corner preacher.

But there he had the tact to remain in the car, and Mrs. McKee's peace with Tillie was made alone.

He was agreeable, too agreeable; he certainly had not bad manners, but he was deficient in tact.

He was no teacher, and he lacked the tact required in getting along with his classes.

Word Value for tact
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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