tact

1. (uncountable)Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true.

   By the use of tact, she was able to calm her jealous husband.

   I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.

   Takt, Taktgefühl

   тактtakt, такти́чностьtaktíčnostʹ

2. (uncountable)Propriety; manners (etiquette).

3. (countable, uncountable)The sense of touch; feeling.

4. (countable, uncountable)The stroke in beating time.

5. (countable, uncountable)A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).

1. Tom lacks tact.

   Тому бракує такту. — deniko

   ruТому не хватает такта. — marafon

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2. Life is a matter of tact.

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3. You don't always have to say what's on your mind; sometimes tact trumps candor.

   deMan muß nicht immer sagen, was einem durch den Kopf geht. Manchmal ist Takt besser als Offenheit. — Waldelfe

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4. Tom has all the tact and manners of a zoo animal at feeding time.

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5. Tact is good taste applied to conduct.

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