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/

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• Rhymes: -æktɪk

Noun

tactic (plural tactics)

1. A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.

   Synonyms: scheme, stratagem, plan, maneuver, course of action

   Coordinate term: strategy

   • 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).

2. (military) A maneuver used against an enemy.
3. (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.

Derived terms

• counter-tactic
• countertactic
• delaying tactic
• delay tactic
• scare tactic

 

Translations

action to achieve some end

Arabic: تَخْطِيط m (taḵṭīṭ) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: tàctica (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 戰術／战术 (zh) (zhànshù) Dutch: tactiek (nl) f, gevechtsleer f, krijgskunde (nl) f Esperanto: taktiko Finnish: veto (fi), toimenpide (fi), taktiikka (fi) French: tactique (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Taktik (de) f Greek: τακτική (el) f (taktikí) Ancient: στρατήγημα n (stratḗgēma) Indonesian: taktik (id) Irish: teaictic f, beart m, beartaíocht f, oirbheart m Italian: tattica (it) f, stratagemma (it) m, piano (it) m, programma (it) m Japanese: 戦術 (ja) (せんじゅつ, senjutsu), 戦法 (ja) (せんぽう, senpō) Khmer: យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រ (km) (yutthĕəʼsaah) Maori: rauhanga, rautara Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Persian: تاکتیک (fa) (tâktik) Polish: taktyka (pl) f Portuguese: táctica (pt) f (Portugal), tática (pt) f (Brazil) Romanian: tactică (ro) f Russian: та́ктика (ru) f (táktika) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: taktika f Spanish: táctica (es) f Swedish: taktik (sv) c Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: chiến thuật (vi) Yiddish: טאַקטיק f (taktik)

Military manoeuvre used against an enemy

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Adjective

tactic (not comparable)

1. (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 […]

2. (chemistry) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical

Derived terms

• intertactic

Translations

describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical

Finnish: taktinen (fi) French: tactique (fr) Italian: tattico (it) Russian: такти́ческий (ru) (taktíčeskij)

Anagrams

• tic tac, tic-tac

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tactique.

Adjective

tactic m or n (feminine singular tactică, masculine plural tactici, feminine and neuter plural tactice)

1. tactical

Declension

		singular			plural
		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

Declension of tactic