tactic

1 of 3

noun

tac·tic ˈtak-tik How to pronounce tactic (audio)

: a device for accomplishing an end

: a method of employing forces in combat

tactic

2 of 3

adjective

: of or relating to arrangement or order

-tactic

3 of 3

adjective combining form

: of, relating to, or having (such) an arrangement or pattern

phonotactic

: showing orientation or movement directed by a (specified) force or agent

geotactic

Note: Adjectives formed with -tactic usually correspond to nouns ending in -taxis.

Example Sentences

Noun an effective tactic for solving crimes We may need to change tactics. a specialist in naval tactics

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Have Karinchak and the Guardians come far enough where a scare tactic isn’t going to distract them a division title?

Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 Serra said Carolina Green took acres of grass and grew it on plastic trays, a tactic that helped strengthen the grass before it was brought to Chicago.

Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Bochenkov responded by suing the commission, a tactic that in the past year has become more popular with neighbors or neighborhood groups opposing large new developments.

Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2022 What followed was months of abuse and threats, eventually leading to armed police showing up at Sorrenti's home in Ontario after trolls called in a fake emergency, a harassment tactic known as swatting that has led to people being killed.

Donie O'sullivan And Richa Naik, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022 His opponent, Republican Senate nominee J.D. Vance, responded to Ryan’s campaign tactic in a radio appearance on Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla.

Alexander Hall, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2022 Spitz moved to the center of lane 3 to foil that tactic.

David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2022 Team Biden is also really overselling the act; that tactic tends to backfire.

Karl Rove, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022 McCormick soundly condemned that tactic in her Kohlberg-DecoPac ruling.

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022

Adjective

That kind of legacy of going to credits as a lesser evil than deductions and exclusions for the upside-down subsidy effect is one of his legacies from the tactic expenditure analysis.

Robert Goulder, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Patrick Sweeney, the political director for EveryLibrary, a nonprofit group that advocates for libraries, called the tactic novel but unsurprising.

Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 When the pandemic first plunged the global economy into a crisis, as businesses, government offices and schools closed, the Fed cut interest rates to near zero, a tactic many central banks had also used after the financial crisis in the mid-2000s.

Hamza Shaban, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2022 Federal immigration authorities have used extensive mobile location data to track movements at hundreds of thousands of locations in the U.S., a tactic drawing criticism from civil liberties and privacy advocates, Politico reported Monday.

Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 18 July 2022 In states such as Maryland, a court ruled that lyrics are admissible as evidence, a tactic disproportionately targeting Black defendants.

Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 14 June 2022 The defendants were about 100 people who had been ticketed for misdemeanors — a tactic Rainbows liken to harassment.

Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 3 July 2022 Sofia Ongele, Gen-Z for Change’s digital strategy coordinator, has used the tactic multiple times.

NBC News, 3 May 2022 Exploiting the full range of motion on exercises like the dumbbell bench press and cable crossover was another tactic Laico used to place a greater stretch on the muscle and maximize the effectiveness of each rep.

Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 6 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

borrowed from New Latin tactica "art of deploying troops in combat," borrowed from Greek taktikḗ (originally modifying téchnē "art, skill "), noun derivative from feminine of taktikós "of ordering or arranging, of ordering troops in combat"; in recent use also as back-formation from tactics — more at tactic entry 2

Adjective

borrowed from Greek taktikós "of ordering or arranging, of ordering troops in combat," from taktós "ordered, prescribed" (verbal adjective of tássein —Attic táttein— "to draw up in order [as troops, ships], post, station, place in order, prescribe, assess," of uncertain origin) + -ikos -ic entry 1

Note: The derivative noun tagḗ "line of battle" (and possibly Thessalian tāgós "commander") show that the base of the verb was tag-, which should have resulted in *tázein rather than tássein; the latter was presumably introduced from generalization of the voiceless consonant in the aorist and in derivatives such as taktós, táxis, etc. The base tag- has been compared with the Parthian title tgmdr (read as *taɣma-dára "order-giver"), Old Persian ham-ataxšata "they have put in order," Tocharian B tāś "commander," and (semantically much more distant) Lithuanian patogùs "convenient, comfortable," sutógti "to get married, ally oneself." R. Beekes proposes a verb *teh₂g-, invoking a law to delete the laryngeal in order to avoid positing a base with *a (Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2010).

Adjective combining form

borrowed from Greek -taktikos, after pairs such as prótaxis "placement in front, prefixing," protaktikós "used as a prefix" — more at tactic entry 2

First Known Use

Noun

1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1871, in the meaning defined above

单词	tactic
释义	tactic 1 of 3 noun tac·tic ˈtak-tik 1 : a device for accomplishing an end 2 : a method of employing forces in combat tactic 2 of 3 adjective : of or relating to arrangement or order -tactic 3 of 3 adjective combining form 1 : of, relating to, or having (such) an arrangement or pattern phonotactic 2 : showing orientation or movement directed by a (specified) force or agent geotactic Note: Adjectives formed with -tactic usually correspond to nouns ending in -taxis. Example Sentences Noun an effective tactic for solving crimes We may need to change tactics. a specialist in naval tactics Recent Examples on the Web Noun Have Karinchak and the Guardians come far enough where a scare tactic isn’t going to distract them a division title? Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 Serra said Carolina Green took acres of grass and grew it on plastic trays, a tactic that helped strengthen the grass before it was brought to Chicago. Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Bochenkov responded by suing the commission, a tactic that in the past year has become more popular with neighbors or neighborhood groups opposing large new developments. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2022 What followed was months of abuse and threats, eventually leading to armed police showing up at Sorrenti's home in Ontario after trolls called in a fake emergency, a harassment tactic known as swatting that has led to people being killed. Donie O'sullivan And Richa Naik, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022 His opponent, Republican Senate nominee J.D. Vance, responded to Ryan’s campaign tactic in a radio appearance on Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla. Alexander Hall, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2022 Spitz moved to the center of lane 3 to foil that tactic. David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2022 Team Biden is also really overselling the act; that tactic tends to backfire. Karl Rove, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022 McCormick soundly condemned that tactic in her Kohlberg-DecoPac ruling. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022 Adjective That kind of legacy of going to credits as a lesser evil than deductions and exclusions for the upside-down subsidy effect is one of his legacies from the tactic expenditure analysis. Robert Goulder, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Patrick Sweeney, the political director for EveryLibrary, a nonprofit group that advocates for libraries, called the tactic novel but unsurprising. Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 When the pandemic first plunged the global economy into a crisis, as businesses, government offices and schools closed, the Fed cut interest rates to near zero, a tactic many central banks had also used after the financial crisis in the mid-2000s. Hamza Shaban, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2022 Federal immigration authorities have used extensive mobile location data to track movements at hundreds of thousands of locations in the U.S., a tactic drawing criticism from civil liberties and privacy advocates, Politico reported Monday. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 18 July 2022 In states such as Maryland, a court ruled that lyrics are admissible as evidence, a tactic disproportionately targeting Black defendants. Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 14 June 2022 The defendants were about 100 people who had been ticketed for misdemeanors — a tactic Rainbows liken to harassment. Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 3 July 2022 Sofia Ongele, Gen-Z for Change’s digital strategy coordinator, has used the tactic multiple times. NBC News, 3 May 2022 Exploiting the full range of motion on exercises like the dumbbell bench press and cable crossover was another tactic Laico used to place a greater stretch on the muscle and maximize the effectiveness of each rep. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 6 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun borrowed from New Latin tactica "art of deploying troops in combat," borrowed from Greek taktikḗ (originally modifying téchnē "art, skill "), noun derivative from feminine of taktikós "of ordering or arranging, of ordering troops in combat"; in recent use also as back-formation from tactics — more at tactic entry 2 Adjective borrowed from Greek taktikós "of ordering or arranging, of ordering troops in combat," from taktós "ordered, prescribed" (verbal adjective of tássein —Attic táttein— "to draw up in order [as troops, ships], post, station, place in order, prescribe, assess," of uncertain origin) + -ikos -ic entry 1 Note: The derivative noun tagḗ "line of battle" (and possibly Thessalian tāgós "commander") show that the base of the verb was tag-, which should have resulted in tázein rather than tássein; the latter was presumably introduced from generalization of the voiceless consonant in the aorist and in derivatives such as taktós, táxis,* etc. The base tag- has been compared with the Parthian title tgmdr (read as taɣma-dára "order-giver"), Old Persian ham-ataxšata* "they have put in order," Tocharian B tāś "commander," and (semantically much more distant) Lithuanian patogùs "convenient, comfortable," sutógti "to get married, ally oneself." R. Beekes proposes a verb teh₂g-, invoking a law to delete the laryngeal in order to avoid positing a base with a (Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2010). Adjective combining form borrowed from Greek -taktikos, after pairs such as prótaxis "placement in front, prefixing," protaktikós "used as a prefix" — more at tactic entry 2 First Known Use Noun 1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adjective 1871, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing tactic delaying tactic delay tactic delaying tactic delay tactic Kids Definition tactic noun tac·tic ˈtak-tik : a planned action for some purpose "All that kid does is cry and he gets his way." … "If I tried that tactic, my parents would just say, 'Grow up.' …" Pam Zollman, Don't Bug Me Medical Definition tactic adjective tac·tic ˈtak-tik 1 : regular in structure of repeating units in a polymer 2 : of, relating to, or showing biological taxis tactic noun as in technique something done to achieve a particular goal Toddlers use a lot of different tactics to try to get what they want. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance technique method strategy way scheme procedure system plan trick means program project protocol game arrangement design device master plan move stratagem blueprint ground plan proceeding operation game plan doing act measure gambit thing road map ruse subterfuge maneuver action exploit step deed feat contrivance
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tactic

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adjective

adjective combining form

Example Sentences

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Phrases Containing tactic

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