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tactic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tactic has 1 sense
- tactic(n = noun.cognition) maneuver, manoeuvre, tactics - a plan for attaining a particular goal; Array is a kind of plan of action
Derived form adjective tactical1
CIDE DICTIONARY
tactic, a. [Gr. taktiko`s. See tactics.].
Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence, pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic , planning for the long term. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
tactic, n.
See Tactics. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tactic, n.
1 a tactical manoeuvre.
2 = TACTICS.
1 a tactical manoeuvre.
2 = TACTICS.
Etymology
mod.L tactica f. Gk taktike (tekhne art): see TACTICS
THESAURUS
tactic
action, ad hoc measure, answer, art, artful dodge, artifice, blind, campaign, caper, chicanery, conspiracy, contrivance, countermove, coup, course of action, craft, cute trick, deceit, demarche, design, device, dodge, effort, engineering, expedient, fakement, feint, fetch, gambit, game, generalship, gimmick, grift, improvisation, intrigue, jugglery, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, knavery, last expedient, last resort, last shift, little game, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, military operations, move, orchestration, pis aller, plan, plans, plot, ploy, racket, red herring, resort, resource, ruse, scheme, shake-up, shift, sleight, solution, step, stopgap, stratagem, strategy, stroke, stroke of policy, subterfuge, tactics, tactual, temporary expedient, trick, trickery, trump, wile, wily device, working hypothesis, working proposition
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