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If there is no threat to the lives of the citizens, our tactic will be to not intervene or impede members of the protest in expressing their will freely.
Vano Merabishvili

Meaning of "tactic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TACTIC

tactic  [ˈtæktɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TACTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tactic is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TACTIC


aerotactic
ˌɛərəʊˈtæktɪk
asyntactic
ˌeɪsɪnˈtæktɪk
atactic
eɪˈtæktɪk
chemotactic
ˌkɛməʊˈtæktɪk
geotactic
ˌdʒiːəʊˈtæktɪk
heliotactic
ˌhiːlɪəʊˈtæktɪk
heterotactic
ˌhetərəʊˈtæktɪk
hydrotactic
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈtæktɪk
hypotactic
ˌhaɪpəʊˈtæktɪk
isotactic
ˌaɪsəʊˈtæktɪk
paratactic
ˌpærəˈtæktɪk
phonotactic
ˌfəʊnəˈtæktɪk
phototactic
ˌfəʊtəʊˈtæktɪk
phyllotactic
ˌfɪləʊˈtæktɪk
rheotactic
ˌriːəˈtæktɪk
stereotactic
ˌstɛrɪəˈtæktɪk
syndiotactic
ˌsɪndɪəʊˈtæktɪk
syntactic
sɪnˈtæktɪk
thermotactic
ˌθɜːməʊˈtæktɪk
thigmotactic
ˌθɪɡməˈtæktɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TACTIC

tact
tactful
tactfully
tactfulness
tactical
tactical voting
tactically
tactician
tacticity
tactics
tactile
tactilely
tactilist
tactility
taction
tactless
tactlessly
tactlessness
tactual
tactuality

WORDS THAT END LIKE TACTIC

anaphylactic
anticlimactic
arctic
ataractic
autodidactic
chiropractic
climactic
delaying tactic
didactic
emphractic
extragalactic
galactic
intergalactic
lactic
malolactic
nondidactic
parallactic
phylactic
practic
prophylactic
undidactic

Synonyms and antonyms of tactic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TACTIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tactic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of tactic
approach · course · device · gambit · line · manoeuvre · means · method · move · ploy · policy · scheme · stratagem · tack · trick · way

Translation of «tactic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TACTIC

Find out the translation of tactic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tactic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tactic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

战术
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

táctica
570 millions of speakers

English

tactic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रणनीति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تكتيك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тактика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tática
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যুদ্ধকৌশল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tactique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Taktik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Taktik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

術策
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

작전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Taktik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiến thuật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உத்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

युक्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taktik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tattica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

taktyka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тактика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tactic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τακτική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

taktiek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

taktik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

taktikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tactic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TACTIC»

The term «tactic» is very widely used and occupies the 20.047 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TACTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tactic

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10 QUOTES WITH «TACTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tactic.
1
Sal Albanese
The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
2
James Buchan
Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe and Russia, the far east during the second world war and the Vietnam war, and in modern Sri Lanka.
3
Dean Cain
When they write about real stuff like my custody battle, that's no fun. Some things have leaked out about accusations that have gone back and forth and that's just mean. It's a tactic.
4
John Carter
Singling out political opponents for working against the ruling party is precisely the tactic of every tyrannical government from Red China to Venezuela. The first step in the process is creating unfounded public suspicion of political opponents, followed by arresting and jailing any who continue speaking against the regime.
5
John Cornyn
If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees.
6
Annie Jacobsen
Since 9/11, the Justice Department has been widely criticized for one particular tactic it uses in fighting the War on Terror: it detains suspicious persons for long periods of time and puts them under heavy questioning before they are ever even charged with a crime.
7
Carly Rae Jepsen
My tactic is to make eyes at someone.
8
Tommy Lee Jones
The tactic of leading people into... a war that doesn't make any sense by telling them they are under attack, and if they raise any objection they're unpatriotic, is a very old tactic. And it doesn't intimidate me.
9
Vano Merabishvili
If there is no threat to the lives of the citizens, our tactic will be to not intervene or impede members of the protest in expressing their will freely.
10
Brittany Murphy
I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year. You can do that any time you please - not that it's not a good inspirational tactic for the people that it works for.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TACTIC»

Discover the use of tactic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tactic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Tactic-Based Learning for Collective Learning Systems
Tactic-Based Learning is a new selection policy for statistical learning systems that has been tested with a Collective Learning Automaton which solves a simple, but representative problem.
Alice Armstrong, 2008
2
The Bush Doctrine and the Tactic of Preemption: ...
This paper examines the concept of preemptive self-defense within the broader concept of national self-defense and its specific application by the United States.
C. P. Weaver (Jr), 2009
3
Begging the Question: Circular Reasoning as a Tactic of ...
This book offers a new theory of begging the question as an informal fallacy, within a pragmatic framework of reasoned dialogue as a normative theory of critical argumentation.
Douglas N. Walton, 1991
4
Scare Tactic: The Life & Films of William Castle
Clearly written and thoroughly researched, Scare Tactic is the only book of its kind, delivering a complete biography of Castle - surveying not only the multiple influences on Castle’s career but also the importance of the man himself.
John Law, 2000
5
The Influence of Instructional Tactic Selection and ...
John Edwards Boatright. CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY The present research is a quasi-experimental, mixed-methodology examination of the influence of instructional tactics (situated and abstract) and moderation styles (social and ...
John Edwards Boatright, 2008
6
Organizational Power Politics: Tactics in Organizational ...
Analysis of each tactic reveals a few special deviations from perceived effectiveness as shown by various actors. Nothing is presented to challenge the overall effectiveness of these power behaviors. Overall, displaying charisma is the most ...
Gilbert W. Fairholm, 2009
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The Internet Peering Playbook: Connecting to the Core of the ...
... ..214 Tactic 24. Defensive Tactic - Protect Peering Policy ................. ..216 Tactic 25. Defensive Tactic - Change & Escalate Peering Prerequisites .............................. ............................................................. ..217 Tactic 26. MILD Defensive Tactic .
William B. Norton, 2011
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Organizational Influence Processes
In our preliminary model, the following interrelated factors determine how frequently an influence tactic is used in a particular direction: (a) consistency with prevailing social norms and role expectations about use of the tactic in that context, ...
Lyman W. Porter, Lyman W. Porter Harold L. Angle Robert W. Allen, Harold L. Angle, 2003
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Business Agility and Information Technology Diffusion: IFIP ...
The study indicates that the guerrilla tactic had a positive impact on the SPI outcome (i.e., there are specific tactics that SPI change agents can use to cross the chasm). There are a number of factors, other than the guerrilla tactic, that could ...
Richard Baskerville, Lars Mathiassen, Jan Pries-Heje, 2005
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Organizational Politics, Justice, and Support: Managing the ...
Keys and Case (1990), in a summary of their research (Case, Dosier, Murkinson, & Keys, 1988; Dosier, Case, & Keys, 1988; and Keys, Miller, Case, Curran, & Jones, 1987), report that rationality is the most used influence tactic for upward and ...
Russell Cropanzano, K. Michele Kacmar, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TACTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tactic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Sexual violence a tactic of terrorism
SEXUAL violence is being increasingly used as an instrument of war and a tactic of terrorism, the federal government has warned. FOREIGN affairs ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
2
Police undercover new tactic for selling drugs, seize 10.4kg of …
ABD RAZAK: We are investigating the reason behind this new strategy, it could be that it is much easier for them to sell the marijuana in smaller packets. «Astro Awani, Jul 15»
3
The .1% is using a new tactic to show off its wealth
While the newer nouveau riche use typical in-your-face tactics to convey their wealth and status, there is a trend among the truly rich and ultrasophisticated to ... «Business Insider Australia, Jun 15»
4
The Left's 'new' tactic for silencing opposition
The concept of “micro-aggression” is just one of many tactics used to stifle differences of opinion by declaring some opinions to be “hate speech,” instead of ... «OCRegister, Jun 15»
5
Discovery of drugs in Mobridge store prompts unusual police tactic
MOBRIDGE - The discovery of a bag of methamphetamine at a ShopKo store in Mobridge prompted an unusual tactic by police. Capt. Al Bohle says a store ... «KSFY, May 15»
6
Tactic Games Secures Despicable Me License
tactic games GRANTSVILLE, MD - Tactic Games has been granted rights to games based on Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures' Despicable Me ... «Gifts & Decorative Accessories, May 15»
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Speculative invoicing for downloads a 'bullying tactic'
"Speculative invoicing is a bullying tactic. Movie studios know that most people will not be able to afford to challenge these allegations in court, so they offer a ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Apr 15»
8
Proposed farm size limit is negotiating tactic: minister
A proposal by the South African government to limit farm size to 12,000 hectares is a "negotiating tactic" as it tries to press ahead with the redistribution of land to ... «Times LIVE, Mar 15»
9
Knoxville firefighters activate Tactic Response Team
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Due to the winter storm, Knoxville Fire Department has activated their Tactic Response Team, or TRT Unit. The emergency crew ... «WATE-TV, Feb 15»
10
The Best Marketing Tactic for Crazy Fast Growth
What if I told you there is a marketing strategy you can use to dramatically increase your customer and client base, and it has nothing to do with social media, ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»

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