Given and Tacit

Given

Given adjective - Being in the habit or custom.

Tacit and given are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tacit" instead an adjective "Given".

Nearby Word: give

Tacit

Tacit adjective - Understood although not put into words.

Given and tacit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Given" instead an adjective "Tacit".

Nearby Word: tacitly

Both words in one sentence

  • The Password is Always "Swordfish" Given that analysts think the Stuxnet worm was designed with at least the tacit acknowledgement of Siemens themselves, this is unlikely to be an oversight.
  • Commander Shepard is only given the most tacit mentions in Mass Effect novels and comics, despite the potential to just use Default Shepard as the main character (Male Soldier Shepard).
  • Good Smoking, Evil Smoking His superiors, without comment, make a point of having his assigned seat at any given meeting be below the return vent for the ventilation systems, which he takes as a tacit acceptance of the practice.
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