Synonyms for tactic

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tak-tik

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæk tɪk

Définition of tactic

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

noun plan

Example sentences :

The enemy then followed a tactic which was to succeed rapidly.
Extract from : « World's War Events, Vol. I » by Various

Nothing the enemy has done so far points to that kind of tactic.
Extract from : « The Electronic Mind Reader » by John Blaine

The man who overrides you will as often be pursuing a tactic as he cajoles you.
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But Gene and Symonds were on the bottom, too crushed by this tactic to make a sound.
Extract from : « The Hell Ship » by Raymond Alfred Palmer

Their first tactic would probably be to push us off, one by one.
Extract from : « The Planet Savers » by Marion Zimmer Bradley

But he would restore the tactic she had momentarily abandoned.
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This tactic was no more lost on the Countess than it was on Denry.
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She suspected that, had she not adopted this tactic, she might have melted before him in gratitude.
Extract from : « Hilda Lessways » by Arnold Bennett

This tactic for a second must have disconcerted the Air Trust mercenaries.
Extract from : « The Air Trust » by George Allan England

This, after all, is Nature's own way with man; it is the wise parent's tactic with children.
Extract from : « Where the Blue Begins » by Christopher Morley

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