tactic

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A particular action or method planned to achieve a goal.

   Lowering prices was a clever tactic to attract new customers.

2. 2
   noun

   A move or method used to gain an advantage over an opponent, especially in battle or games.

   The general's bold tactic caught the enemy completely off guard.

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

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