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in tact

in tact is the misspelling of intact.

Meaning of intact

Adjective

intact (comparative more intact, superlative most intact)

  1. Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged.
    • I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact.
  2. Virginal; having an intact hymen.
    • She hadn't been... molested? No, no, nothing like that. I have examined her. She is quite intact.1975, Clifford Green, Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)
  3. (chiefly intactivism) Uncircumcised; having an intact foreskin.
    • GM, 28, intact, atheist, 5'9", 140 lbs., seeks similar guy 20-30 for conversation and other forms of communication.1985 August 17, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 13
  4. Not castrated.
    • an intact bull

Questions about in tact

What is in tact the misspelling of?
In tact is the misspelling of intact.

Words near in tact in the dictionary

  1. in sum
  2. in summary
  3. in sunder
  4. in suspense
  5. in sync
  6. in tact
  7. in tandem
  8. in tatters
  9. in tears
  10. in terms of
  11. in terrorem

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in tact (page history and authors); intact (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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