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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tactic
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
delaying tactic
diversionary tactics
▪ Most children are skilled in diversionary tactics.
employ a method/technique/tactic etc
▪ The report examines teaching methods employed in the classroom.
scare tactics
▪ Employers used scare tactics to force a return to work.
switch tactics
▪ Sensing that his victim was going to escape him, he switched tactics.
used scare tactics
▪ Employers used scare tactics to force a return to work.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
aggressive
▪ Those highly visible operations, which featured heavily armed government forces using aggressive pressure tactics, ended in deadly violence.
delaying
▪ She decided on a delaying tactic.
▪ Instead of introducing immediate legislation, the Home Office responded with time-honoured delaying tactics.
▪ It will also be granted if any defence raised is shown merely to be a delaying tactic.
▪ Some southern areas managed the change to integrated schools without much difficulty; but many used every possible delaying tactic.
▪ Appeasement caused by blindness was followed by delaying tactics and doublespeak intended to buy time.
▪ Such concessions as they made were mere delaying tactics.
▪ Now, can we cut out the delaying tactics and get on with it?
different
▪ Wherever the pressure occurred, a different tactic had to be developed to release it.
▪ Except during the general offensive, lasting from late 1967 until May of 1969, the enemy relied on different tactics.
▪ After they'd gone, Nell tried a different tactic.
▪ Art Mitz relied on a different tactic.
▪ For this the recantations were insufficient, and different tactics were now applied to obtain a much more abject confession.
▪ However, a different tactic is adopted here.
diversionary
▪ For more than a week before the Inchon landing, the Allied forces used diversionary tactics by bombing nearby areas.
military
▪ The failure of the Guadalajara offensive marked the end of a period of change discernible in Franco's military tactics.
▪ C., handed down an abundance of wisdom about military strategy and tactics that have considerable application to all businesses.
▪ It is a favourite military tactic ... the pincer movement!
new
▪ He was puzzled: he could not understand this new tactic.
▪ Police spoke of a benign new law enforcement tactic no more intrusive than a video camera at a convenience store.
▪ The miners' strike was a platform for the exercise of new police tactics to deal with disorder.
▪ We were fully confident that these new tactics would assure us of victory.
▪ So a new tactic was adopted and each put in £10, raising a further £200 to £300 from friends.
▪ They told him it was time for new tactics.
▪ But Sunday afternoon, the demonstrators regained possession of the streets by resorting to their new tactic of creating gigantic traffic jams.
political
▪ What political strategies and tactics are used to influence budget allocations? 6.
▪ For the dominant, there may be a more flexible perimeter, depending upon the political tactics of the time.
similar
▪ Insurance salespeople can use similar tactics.
▪ Reptiles and insects employ similar tactics, but in their case eye-spots are not necessary to deflect the interest of their predators.
▪ Repealers were forced to adopt similar tactics.
▪ Some small cavity-nesting birds, rather surprisingly, employ similar tactics.
■ NOUN
campaign
▪ In the runoff campaign both candidates used negative campaign tactics, personal attack and innuendo.
▪ But Clinton, aides say, is eager to show this bully pulpit approach amounts to more than campaign tactics.
▪ The campaign tactics of the two contestants differed markedly.
▪ Dole has made mistakes, flip-flopped on issues and indulged in objectionable campaign tactics.
scare
▪ This claim has never been proved and it may have been part of the Securitate's scare tactics.
▪ Republicans have complained that Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to incite seniors groups and others to oppose the constitutional amendment.
▪ Whatever you may think about the morality of abortion, these are the most deplorable scare tactics.
▪ You also wrongly stated that we use scare tactics such as hostile looks or suggestive comments to keep women away.
▪ Then they used scare tactics, telling the audience that fat people were apt to succumb to something called Sudden Death syndrome.
shock
▪ And video nasty. Shock tactics to drum safety into young drivers.
▪ The 1955 original was a triumph of atmosphere, character, diabolical wit and outright scare-you-silly shock tactics.
▪ Read in studio Shock tactics are being used to make young drivers more aware of danger on the roads.
▪ Some of them think of it as shock tactics.
▪ That's easy; shock tactics.
▪ Read in studio Shock tactics are being used in an attempt to stop persistent drink drivers.
▪ Time and again he has used persuasion - and on occasion shock tactics - to try to prevent young girls having abortions.
▪ The application of shock tactics to bend the will of the unwilling.
terror
▪ The economic blockade is accompanied by terror tactics.
■ VERB
adopt
▪ I decided to adopt the same tactic I had used with some success at school.
▪ He adopted the same tactic in Biarritz, with the same result.
▪ Repealers were forced to adopt similar tactics.
▪ Schools have adopted several tactics to raise awareness of bias.
▪ Not wishing to risk increasing instability, Franco adopted a familiar tactic: he did nothing until the panorama became clearer.
change
▪ To change behaviour requires tactics that match the complexity of the causes.
▪ He changed tactics and quickly turned on the faucet.
▪ Rebels in the Tenga region changed their tactics somewhat in the last half of last month.
▪ Gomez changed his tactics and began to work on Bognar's body.
▪ He decided to change his tactics.
▪ If so technology will change tactics.
▪ I decided I'd have to change tactics.
▪ At half time you can change your tactics and bring on a substitute.
delay
▪ Voynet was exasperated by the delaying tactics of certain councils.
▪ And the firm has deep enough pockets to see a case through years of delaying tactics by the opposition.
▪ The Kremlin has consistently opposed their return, invoking security problems and resorting to delaying tactics.
▪ The organization blamed delaying tactics by Prime Minister John Major for its decision to end the cease-fire.
▪ The majority leadership's specialty became mounting filibusters or using other delaying tactics to prevent majority rule.
▪ Especially on liberal initiatives, they face defections by moderates, as well as Republican delaying tactics.
employ
▪ Karpov employed subtle psychological tactics to unsettle the campion.
▪ Amtrak police and the U. S. Customs Service have also employed the tactic to spot drug couriers.
▪ Reptiles and insects employ similar tactics, but in their case eye-spots are not necessary to deflect the interest of their predators.
▪ Apple will need to employ such imaginative tactics to become profitable again.
▪ The many hours on the road give cyclists the opportunity to employ tactics varying from the subtle to the murderous.
▪ Morry Taylor, a businessman, gave rambling discourses on the need to employ business tactics in government; and Rep.
▪ Some small cavity-nesting birds, rather surprisingly, employ similar tactics.
resort
▪ So they had to resort to indirect tactics.
▪ Merrill felt that students resort to these tactics when they see no other way to address the problem.
▪ The Kremlin has consistently opposed their return, invoking security problems and resorting to delaying tactics.
▪ But Sunday afternoon, the demonstrators regained possession of the streets by resorting to their new tactic of creating gigantic traffic jams.
▪ Why should women resort to such devious tactics?
▪ With no help around, you may have to resort to another tactic - a risky one: going to ground.
▪ By turning to the Falangist component of the regime forces in this way, Franco was resorting to an old tactic.
▪ If all this fails, you may have to resort to another tactic.
switch
▪ Leeds switched tactics slightly and brought Kelly in more and more so that West ham were being skinned on both wings.
▪ Seeing that the game was up, Kissinger switched his tactics from fighting Jackson to joining him.
▪ But all that changed when the Cali cartel switched tactics and started relying more on ships and trucks to transport drugs.
try
▪ She tried various tactics with her husband and brothers to no avail.
▪ I had friends who tried this tactic.
▪ After they'd gone, Nell tried a different tactic.
▪ Finally, buying management and their advisers should try and appreciate what tactics are being used on them.
use
▪ Insurance salespeople can use similar tactics.
▪ A job seeker used that tactic when he made a call to Miller recently.
▪ Telephone sales people use this tactic.
▪ Republicans have complained that Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to incite seniors groups and others to oppose the constitutional amendment.
▪ An hour later they used the same tactics to gain entry to the other half of the camp.
▪ You also wrongly stated that we use scare tactics such as hostile looks or suggestive comments to keep women away.
▪ The track officials used tactics that begged for no debate.
▪ Those highly visible operations, which featured heavily armed government forces using aggressive pressure tactics, ended in deadly violence.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shock tactics
▪ And shock tactics: The drink-drive cure that's not a soft option.
▪ Some of them think of it as shock tactics.
▪ That's easy; shock tactics.
▪ The 1955 original was a triumph of atmosphere, character, diabolical wit and outright scare-you-silly shock tactics.
▪ The application of shock tactics to bend the will of the unwilling.
▪ Time and again he has used persuasion - and on occasion shock tactics - to try to prevent young girls having abortions.
strong-arm tactics/methods etc
▪ A case's merit should not have to depend on strong-arm tactics.
▪ Also rumoured they used strong-arm tactics during one of Buckmaster's many takeover bids to build up his conglomerate.
▪ In this game strong-arm tactics were deployed by both sides to kill five ends and force replays.
▪ Others were furious at what they said were government strong-arm tactics over the vote.
▪ Strachan believes they can do it - provided dangerman Lee Chapman gets proper protection against Stuttgart's strong-arm tactics.
▪ The prefect at the time, Dominique Vian, could see the advantages of Bena's strong-arm tactics.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Giving out criticism rather than praise is a tactic that rarely works in the workplace.
▪ He's threatening to sue us? That's a tactic he's used before.
▪ The question was just a delaying tactic to stop her leaving the room.
▪ We may have to use more aggressive tactics to get rid of him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Alas, many companies are already wise to this tactic.
▪ One tactic is simply to shield the device, by enclosing it in a metal or plastic box of low impedance.
▪ One tactic she has used is to decide matters outside the formal Cabinet, either in committees or in informal groups.
▪ She had always failed in the tactics of small talk.
▪ Some Wall Street firms have expressed outrage at punitive awards, and many investors have complained of brokers' stalling tactics.
▪ The men, as one might imagine, were not so happy with the tactic.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tactic

Tactic \Tac"tic\, Tactical \Tac"tic*al\, 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. -- Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.

Tactic

Tactical \Tac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?. See Tactics.] Tactic \Tac"tic\, n. See Tactics.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tactic

1766, from Modern Latin tactica, from Greek taktike (tekhne) "(art of) arrangement," from fem. of taktikos "pertaining to arrangement" (see tactics). Earlier it meant "a tactician" (1630s), and was in use as an adjective meaning "tactical" (c.1600).

Wiktionary
tactic

a. 1 (context chemistry English) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical 2 (context dated English) tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics. alt. A manoeuvre, or action calculated to achieve some end. n. A manoeuvre, or action calculated to achieve some end.

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WordNet
tactic

n. a plan for attaining a particular goal [syn: maneuver, manoeuvre]

Wikipedia
Tactic (method)

A tactic (from the Ancient Greek taktike meaning "art of arrangement") is a conceptual action aiming at the achievement of a goal. This action can be implemented as one or more specific tasks. The term is commonly used in business, protest and military contexts, as well as in chess, sports or other competitive activities.

Tactic

Tactic(s) may refer to:

  • Tactic (method), a conceptual action implemented as one or more specific tasks
    • Military tactics, the disposition and maneuver of units on a particular sea or battlefield
    • Chess tactics
    • Political tactics
  • TACTIC (military program), a U.S. military research program conducted by DARPA
  • TACTIC (web framework), a smart process application by Southpaw Technology
  • Tactic, Guatemala, a municipality in the Alta Verapaz department
  • Tactic (video game), a Tetris-style puzzle video game
  • Tactics (album), a 1996 album by jazz guitarist John Abercrombie
  • Tactics (band), an Australian band
  • Tactics (brand), a Japanese visual novel studio
  • Tactics (game), generally credited as being the first board wargame
  • Tactics (manga), a Japanese media franchise
  • Tactics, a dart game similar to cricket
TACTIC (military program)

Threat Agent Cloud Tactical Intercept & Countermeasure, or TACTIC, is a United States military research program whose goal is to detect, classify, and neutralize airborne biological and chemical warfare agents.

TACTIC (web framework)

TACTIC is a web-based, open source smart process application and digital asset management system supported by Southpaw Technology in Toronto, ON. Designed to optimize busy production environments with high volumes of content traffic, TACTIC applies business or workflow logic to combined database and file system management. Using elements of digital asset management, production asset management and workflow management, TACTIC tracks the creation and development of digital assets through production pipelines. TACTIC is available under both commercial and open-source licenses, and also as a hosted cloud service through Amazon Web Services Marketplace.

Tactic (video game)

Tactic is a video game, originally released for the Acorn Archimedes in 1990 by Eterna. It takes the form of a falling block puzzle.

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Usage examples of "tactic".

An experienced social engineer is able to gain access to virtually any targeted information by using the strategies and tactics of his craft.

The direct actionists are a warning to the Socialist Party that its tactics and its program are not adequate to domesticating the deepest unrest of labor.

Special Forces units trained in Aggressor tactics playing the role of the adversary.

This tactic is often used to cast doubt on anomalous discoveriescriticize the weakest evidence in detail and ignore the strongest evidence as much as possible.

Chakans were reputable fighters known for the simplicity of their tactics and sophistication of their equipment, yet a few moments of apocalyptic alien fury had obliterated ships and soldiers as thoroughly as moths in a volcano.

Given similarities to American 11 in hijacker seating and in eyewitness reports of tactics and weapons, as well as the contact between the presumed team leaders, Atta and Shehhi, we believe the tactics were similar on both flights.

Fighting a pitched battle with the militia on an open street in Pelek Baw is not a high-percentage survival tactic, if you know what I mean.

And he, Admiral Ramos Broder, honor graduate from the Deluros Military Academy, author of two highly-praised volumes on the tactics of space war, former ambassador to Canphor VI, would grow old and die, awaiting the opportunity to prove his mettle in battle.

Nor did he intend to do so while Kurman and Cleer continued their blundering tactics.

And then that damned Fabius Cunctator with his delaying tactics put paid to my dweam.

Before he could release it I had run him through, and then, falling back upon the tactics that have saved me a hundred times in tight pinches, I rushed the two remaining warriors, forcing them back with a perfect torrent of cuts and thrusts, weaving my sword in and out about their guards until I had the fear of death upon them.

The dextriers were respectfully silent as the sinistrals debated tactics.

Dakar, as well, had shouldered the unendurable whole, on the night of grand scrying that had shaped the tactics whose failure had seen thirty thousand dead at Dier Kenton Vale.

Classic evasion tactics called for him to go deep, forcing the torpedo to follow him down, leaving hard knuckles in the water as he went and ejecting decoys and noisemakers.

Neither Phystal nor Hamas was a good swordsman, and I could easily have overcome them in fair fight, but I could see that these new tactics of Fal Sivas were almost certain to prove my undoing.