Definitions for Tactics
ˈtæk tɪkstac·tics

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. tacticsnoun

   the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy

2. tactic, tactics, maneuver, manoeuvrenoun

   a plan for attaining a particular goal

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tacticsnoun

   The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.

2. tacticsnoun

   Manoeuvres used against an enemy.

3. tacticsnoun

   The employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tactics

   Tactics refer to specific actions or strategies carefully planned to achieve a specific end, typically in a specific context such as a game, battle, business competition, or negotiation. They are the detailed maneuvers or methods used to accomplish a specific short-term goal as part of a larger plan or strategy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Tacticsnoun

   the science and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle, and performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics, or the tactics of battles, and elementary tactics, or the tactics of instruction

2. Tacticsnoun

   hence, any system or method of procedure

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Tactics

   Tactics is a Japanese visual novel studio which specializes in the development of dating sim and eroge style games. Tactics is actually a branch of the joint company Nexton. Their debut release was a game entitled Dōsei in mid-1997, followed by Moon. in the same year, and One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e in 1998. The last two games were met with much praise from the Japanese community. While the studio was still in its early years, the core team of both Moon and One broke off and began their own company, Key, in 1998. Tactics continued to release games despite this sudden change in staff. In 2009, Tactics became two separate brands: Tactics Luxury and Tactics*Latte. In 2011, the Tactics brand shut down and the two brands became independent.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tactics

   tak′tiks, n.sing. the science or art of manœuvring military and naval forces in the presence of the enemy: way or method of proceeding.—adjs. Tac′tic, -al, pertaining to tactics.—adv. Tac′tically.—n. Tacti′cian, one skilled in tactics. [Gr. taktikē (technē, art, understood), art of arranging men in a field of battle—tassein, taxein, to arrange.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:3.9 / 7 votes

1. tactics

   The employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other. See also procedures; techniques. (CJCSI 5120.02)

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tactics

   The art of disposing and applying naval or military forces in action with the enemy, in whose presence strategy gives place to tactics.

Matched Categories

1. • Military
   • Military Science

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tactics in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tactics in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Tactics in a Sentence

1. Ben Carson:

   Shameless tactics & dirty political plays defined yesterdays #iacaucus, there is no place for this kind of behavior.

2. Sun Tzu:

   Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

3. Katherine Zimmerman:

   ISIS has made Al Qaeda seem less radical, less extreme, only because Al Qaeda will not employ the barbaric tactics that ISIS does to coerce and win loyalty through fear. Yet they seek the same goal, the problem with focusing on just ISIS or just Al Qaeda is that the U.S. has missed the real enemy—the Salafi-jihadi movement—of which Al Qaeda and ISIS are two global organizations.

4. Kenneth Corey:

   They are extensively trained in minimal force techniques. They receive advanced tactics, car stop, de-escalation is central to all of it, communication skills is a big part of it, courtroom testimony training, and as the commissioner indicated, constitutional policing.

5. Paul Carroll:

   It's been all about pressure and brinksmanship and military tools and tactics and( chest-thumping), and now to literally, directly taunt the leader of North Korea is like poking the hornet's nest yet again.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Tactics
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tactics
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tactics
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Tactics
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Tactics
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Tactics
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Tactics