Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A plan or action for achieving a goal; a maneuver.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the motions of organisms in relation to external agents; exhibiting taxis.
- Same as
tactical . - noun A tactical system or method; the use or practice of tactics.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective 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. - noun See
tactics .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
manoeuvre , oraction calculated toachieve someend . - adjective chemistry Describing a
polymer whoserepeat units are identical
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a plan for attaining a particular goal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The prime time for this tactic is after a sunny warm front has baked the surface water for a few days.
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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.
Matthew Yglesias » Obstructionism from Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) Boosting Lord’s Resistance Army 2010
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Among divorcing couples, this tactic is a way to keep one spouse from getting at the asset.
Compromise is vital to forming a successful financial life together 2006
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Oh, and another typically conservative tactic is to co-opt the most successful movies as paeans to conservative cultural/political concepts.
Think Progress » Steele on serving as RNC chair: God has ‘placed me here for a reason.’ 2010
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Do you also know that the person in charge of this new PR tactic is none other than Ari Fleischer?
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The arguing tactic is called "special pleading," and it's a dirty rhetorical trick indeed!
Boing Boing 2009
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The Republican tactic is to raise objections because they never have anything positive to say themselves.
Dean Screams for Health Care Reform (Blog for Democracy) 2009
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Whatever the rationale, Fox News ongoing witch hunt tactic is a proven loser.
Timothy Karr: Fox News Tries to Foreclose on Sesame Street Timothy Karr 2010
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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.
Beijing's Moves Point to Europe Aid Owen Fletcher 2011
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I have a very simple method for determining if a tactic is torture or not.
Think Progress » CPAC audience boos former GOP Rep. Bob Barr for saying waterboarding is torture. 2010
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A pair of youth Chinese speed skaters operated what is known as the "rabbit tactic" to perfection at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, taking home the gold and silver awards in the 1,500-meter short-track race with the help of a perfectly legal maneuver.
Teenage Chinese speed skaters pull off brilliant trick at Gangwon 2024 Logan Newman 2024
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