tactic
See also: tàctic
English
Alternative forms
- tactick (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós, “fit for ordering”), from τάσσω (tássō, “to order, to arrange”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæktɪk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æktɪk
Noun
tactic (plural tactics)
- A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
- 2019 September 10, Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect, number Fall 2019:
- Omar has challenged Elliott Abrams’s record in Latin America, taken a firm line against Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, and advocated for—wait for it—the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine (even though the headlines have focused on her expressing support for the right to boycott as a tactic).
- Synonyms: scheme, stratagem, plan, maneuver, course of action
- Coordinate term: strategy
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- (military) A maneuver used against an enemy.
- (chess) A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.
Translations
action to achieve some end
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Military manoeuvre used against an enemy
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Adjective
tactic (not comparable)
- (dated, military) Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
- Synonym: tactical
- 1831, Thomas Campbell, The Power of Russia
- But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]
- But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
- (chemistry) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical
Derived terms
- intertactic
Translations
describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical
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Anagrams
- tic tac, tic-tac
Romanian
Etymology
From French tactique.
Adjective
tactic m or n (feminine singular tactică, masculine plural tactici, feminine and neuter plural tactice)
- tactical
Declension
Declension of tactic
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | tactic | tactică | tactici | tactice | ||
definite | tacticul | tactica | tacticii | tacticele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | tactic | tactice | tactici | tactice | ||
definite | tacticului | tacticei | tacticilor | tacticelor |