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How to pronounce “tact”
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Pronunciation guide for tact
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of tact with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Life Lessons from My Grandfather, Nelson Mandela
took a very different tact.
- Definition summary
- 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. [from early 19th c.]
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How to pronounce tact
Life Lessons from My Grandfather, Nelson Mandela

took a very different tact.
Example Sentences
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Meaning
- [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. [from early 19th c.]
- Propriety; manners (etiquette).
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