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Plural of tact

regular plural

The plural of tact is tacts.

Forms of tact

Singulartact /tækt/
Pluraltacts
Countablecountable and uncountable

Tacts in a sentence

  • Skinner (1957) saw such tacts as responses that are reinforced socially.2013, Jacob L. Gewirtz, William M. Kurtines, Jacob L. Lamb, Intersections With Attachment

Meaning of tact

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun Propriety; manners (etiquette).
  3. noun The sense of touch; feeling.

Full definition of tact

Questions about the plural of tact

What is the plural of tact?
The plural of tact is tacts.
Is tact countable?
Tact is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tact (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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