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tactics

tactics

3 5.8
Planned moves in battle to gain an advantage
  • noun
  • /ˈtæktɪks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tácticas
  • When the idea of fighting is not to win within the Military Strategy and Tactics forum, part of the Global Defense &

So everything from, you know, law enforcement, military tactics, those kind of things as well.

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Examples

  • We'll try and study tactics, but a master learns logistics.

  • Is Alvincy using the same tactics as before, making his attack from the east?

  • You see those Special Tactics guys?

  • Such were the efficient, aggressive tactics which won Napoleon his wars.

  • In terms of battle tactics, the Celts kept things fairly simple.

  • Is this justified by the tactics that insurgents use?

  • Tactics relate to the skillful use of one's forces to the best advantage in a limited situation.

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  • The army's new tactics improved their chances of winning the battle.

  • Effective tactics were crucial in ensuring the mission's success.

  • The general outlined his tactics for the upcoming campaign during the briefing.

Antonyms

7 3.8

A lack of order or system that makes things untidy

Compounds

9.9

Dishonest, cruel methods used to hurt others or gain advantage

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How Complex

doctrine
199 6.0
tactics
  • Specialized
3 5.8
tactic
516 3.0
technique
879 3.3

Surface Forms

tactics singular
tactics plural

Morphology

tactics = tactic (semi-transparent) = tactic + s

Formed from 'tactic' + plural '-s', but the use of the plural as the name of a discipline or branch (a conventional shift) may not be directly inferable from the singular.

Etymology

Tactics comes from a Greek root takt- meaning 'to arrange' or 'put in order', and it was first used for how commanders arrange soldiers on a battlefield. So tactics are the planned moves or maneuvers leaders arrange to win a fight.