tact

«tact» in Mova's school dictionary: skill in saying or doing the right thing without… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (no plural)

meaning for a pupil

1) Tact is skill in saying or doing the right thing without upsetting people. tree →

2) Tact is quick cleverness in dealing with a person or a difficult job. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the tales a clever, careful way of handling people or a task; in lessons a quality of a good messenger or helper

examples

• She showed tact when she told him the bad news. tree →
• He used tact to calm the angry neighbour. tree →
• With his usual tact, he persuaded the hero to come back. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tact» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.