tactic

The definition of a tactic is a skillful way of doing something or making something happen.

(noun)

An example of a tactic is the use of spreadsheets for organizing.

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See tactic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Biol. of, showing, or characteristic of taxis

Origin: ModL tacticus < Gr taktikos: see tactics

noun

  1. tactics
  2. a detail or branch of tactics

Origin: ModL tactica < Gr taktikē (technē), (art) of arranging: see tactics

adjective

of arrangement or system

See tactic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
An expedient for achieving a goal; a maneuver.

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Origin: French tactique, tactics

Origin: , from Greek taktika; see tactics

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