MEANING
Without stating something directly, although understanding, acceptance, or an assumption may be implied.
Use it for
identifying an unstated assumption; describing agreement conveyed indirectly; noting acceptance that was never expressly recordedIdentifies what is accepted or assumed without explicit statement while preserving uncertainty about consent. Academic functions: Qualification / Uncertainty, Argumentation.
Words that belong together
- tacitly assume
- tacitly accept
- tacitly agree
On the page
The model tacitly assumes that households have access to the same information.
The meeting record suggests that the members tacitly accepted the timetable, although no vote was taken.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- tacitly
Usage notes
Adverb modifying verbs or propositions: tacitly accept, assume, agree. No inflection or routine comparative. Register: formal. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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