tacit approval

collocation in English

meaningsoftacitandapproval

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tacit
adjective
uk
/ˈtæs.ɪt/us
/ˈtæs.ɪt/
understood without being ...
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approval
noun[U]
uk
/əˈpruː.vəl/us
/əˈpruː.vəl/
the feeling of having a positive opinion of someone ...
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(Definition oftacitandapprovalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftacit approval

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That amounted to atacitapprovalof the action proposed by the commander and implied that it was what air traffic control required.
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Here again, it would be helpful if both governments would give at leasttacitapprovalto this means of achieving a settlement.
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One of the problems of the youth service is that it suffers from receiving almost too muchtacitapproval.
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Silence on this matter might be taken astacitapproval.
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Management must obtain thetacitapprovalof those three groups; without it its policy can be frustrated.
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In other words, it istacitapprovalif it is not opposed.
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The problem is that over the years these officers have acted with thetacitapprovaland encouragement of the government.
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It is also necessary that the plan should have, at least, thetacitapprovalof fishermen and this will require action to minimise the level of economic disruption.
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Such a proviso might have the effect of minimising support ortacitapprovalby non-violent members of the minority or those who seek a solution by violence.
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As a result, the organization getstacitapprovalfor its activities, and is sometimes called on by governments to deal with extraordinary crises.
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This may be regarded astacitapprovalof that behaviour.
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The line, as it was known, operated until the 1950s with thetacitapprovalof city authorities.
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In parliamentary constitutional monarchies, the legitimacy of the unelected head of state typically derives from thetacitapprovalof the people via the elected representatives.
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The young officers believed they had at leasttacitapprovalfor their uprising from a number of important army officers after making a number of informal approaches.
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First, workers alleged that management gavetacitapprovaland/or engaged in active collusion vis--vis threats of violence and acts of harassment against members and leaders of the union.
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