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   tactic

   /ˈtaktɪk/

   noun

   • 1. an action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end: "the minority attempted to control the Council by a delaying tactic" Similar strategyschemestratagemplanset of tacticsmanoeuvrecourse/line of actionmethodprogrammeexpedientgambitmoveapproachtackpathroaddevicetrickploydodgerusegamemachinationcontrivancestuntmeanswilesartificesubterfugeinformal:wanglecaperarchaic:shift
   • ▪ the art of disposing armed forces in order of battle and of organizing operations, especially during contact with an enemy: "basic infantry tactics were taught by guest instructors" Similar battle plansplansgame plansmovesmanoeuvreslogisticsstrategypolicycampaigngeneralshipmilitary scienceorganizationplanningarrangementadministrationdirectionmastermindingorchestrationhandlingrunning

   Word Origin mid 18th century: from modern Latin tactica, from Greek taktikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of tactics’, feminine of taktikos, from taktos ‘ordered, arranged’, from the base of tassein ‘arrange’.

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