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English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós, “fit for ordering”), from τάσσω (tássō, “to order, to arrange”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tactic (plural tactics)
- 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).
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
action to achieve some end
- Arabic: تَخْطِيط m (taḵṭīṭ)
- Armenian: մարտավարություն (hy) (martavarutʻyun), տակտիկա (hy) (taktika)
- Belarusian: та́ктыка f (táktyka)
- Bulgarian: та́ктика (bg) f (táktika)
- Catalan: tàctica (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 戰術 / 战术 (zh) (zhànshù)
- Czech: taktika (cs) f
- Dutch: tactiek (nl) f, gevechtsleer f, krijgskunde (nl) f
- Esperanto: taktiko
- Finnish: veto (fi), toimenpide (fi), taktiikka (fi)
- French: tactique (fr) f
- Georgian: ტაქტიკა (ṭakṭiḳa)
- 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)
- Korean: 전술(戰術) (ko) (jeonsul)
- Latvian: taktika f
- Lithuanian: taktika f
- Macedonian: тактика f (taktika)
- Maori: rauhanga, rautara
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: تاکْتیک (fa) (tâktik)
- Polish: taktyka (pl) f
- Portuguese: táctica (pt) f (Portugal), tática (pt) f (Brazil)
- Romanian: tactică (ro) f
- Russian: та́ктика (ru) f (táktika)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: та̀ктика f
- Roman: tàktika (sh) f
- Slovak: taktika f
- Slovene: taktika (sl) f
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: taktika f
- Spanish: táctica (es) f
- Swedish: taktik (sv) c
- Thai: ยุทธวิธี (th) (yút-tá-wí-tii)
- Ukrainian: та́ктика (uk) f (táktyka)
- Vietnamese: chiến thuật (vi) (戰術)
- Yiddish: טאַקטיק f (taktik)
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military manoeuvre used against an enemy
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
- (chemistry) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical
Derived terms
Translations
describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tactique.
Adjective
tactic m or n (feminine singular tactică, masculine plural tactici, feminine and neuter plural tactice)
- tactical
Declension