tactic
IPA: tˈæktɪk
noun
- A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
- (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.
adjective
- (dated, military) Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
- (chemistry) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical
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Examples of "tactic" in Sentences
- He has a tactical acumen.
- That's the purpose of the tactic.
- But the tactics here are worrisome.
- Those were the tactics of the enemy.
- Leave the tactical stuff in this page.
- The outcome of the games was dependent on tactics.
- Another kind of the tactics was a feigned retreat.
- The strategy and tactics of pricing is not that simple.
- Intimately, it connected with the study of tactics and strategy.
- It is intimately connected with the study of tactics and strategy.
- I have a very simple method for determining if a tactic is torture or not.
- Whatever the rationale, Fox News ongoing witch hunt tactic is a proven loser.
- The arguing tactic is called "special pleading," and it's a dirty rhetorical trick indeed!
- Among divorcing couples, this tactic is a way to keep one spouse from getting at the asset.
- Do you also know that the person in charge of this new PR tactic is none other than Ari Fleischer?
- The prime time for this tactic is after a sunny warm front has baked the surface water for a few days.
- The Republican tactic is to raise objections because they never have anything positive to say themselves.
- Oh, and another typically conservative tactic is to co-opt the most successful movies as paeans to conservative cultural/political concepts.
- Forget the emotional content of this particular bill, this tactic is the most infantile, ridiculous approach a politician could take, and the lizard-brains on the right gobble it up.
- Other analysts think Standard Chartered's analysis may be right, though they note that if China has, in fact, cut back on new Treasury purchases, it could be a short-term tactic—and it doesn't necessarily mean China is riding to Europe's rescue or wants to do so.