tactic

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.

   Omar has challenged Elliott Abrams’s record in Latin America, taken a firm line against Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, and advocated for—wait for it—the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine (even though the headlines have focused on her expressing support for the right to boycott as a tactic).

2. 2
   adj

   Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.

   But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo All sciences that speed Bellona's car, All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]

3. 3
   noun

   a plan for attaining a particular goal

4. 4
   noun

   A maneuver used against an enemy.

5. 5
   noun

   A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.

6. 6
   adj

   Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós, “fit for ordering”), from τάσσω (tássō, “to order, to arrange”).