TACTICS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plan for attaining a particular goal

Synonyms:

maneuver; manoeuvre; tactic; tactics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("tactics" is a kind of...):

plan of action (a plan for actively doing something)

Derivation:

tactical (of or pertaining to tactic or tactics)

tactician (a person who is skilled at planning tactics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("tactics" is a kind of...):

military science (the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Derivation:

tactical (of or pertaining to tactic or tactics)

tactician (a person who is skilled at planning tactics)

Credits

Context examples:

It was evident from the beginning that Crab Wilson meant to throw no chance away, and that he would trust to his lightness of foot and quickness of hand until he should see something of the tactics of this rough-looking antagonist.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The betting was still steadily in favour of Wilson, for he had a number of bye-battles to set against this single victory of Jim’s, and it was thought by connoisseurs who had seen him spar that the singular defensive tactics which had given him his nickname would prove very puzzling to a raw antagonist.