tactic

See also: tàctic

English

Alternative forms

• tactick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed 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.
   • 2019 September 10, Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect‎^[1], 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

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.

Translations

action to achieve some end

• Arabic: تَخْطِيط‎ m (taḵṭīṭ)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: tàctica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰術 (zh), 战术 (zh) (zhànshù)

• Dutch: tactiek (nl) f, gevechtsleer f, krijgskunde f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: rauhanga
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: تاکتیک‎ (fa) (tâktik)
• Polish: taktyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: táctica (pt) f
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: טאַקטיק‎ f (taktik)

Adjective

tactic (comparative more tactic, superlative most tactic)

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.

Translations

describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical

• Italian: tattico

• Russian: такти́ческий (ru) (taktíčeskij)

Anagrams

• tic tac, tic-tac