Usually means: Strategy to achieve a specific goal.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word tactic:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. tactic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. -tactic, tactic: Merriam-Webster
  3. tactic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tactic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. -tactic, tactic: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tactic: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tactic, tactic: Wordnik
  8. tactic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tactic: Wiktionary
  10. tactic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tactic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tactic: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tactic: Dictionary.com
  14. tactic: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. TACTIC (web framework), Tactic (chess), Tactic (disambiguation), Tactic (method), Tactic (municipality), Tactic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Tactic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. tactic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. tactic: Rhymezone
  19. Tactic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. tactic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. tactic: FreeDictionary.org
  22. tactic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. tactic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. tactic: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Literary Criticism (No longer online)
  2. -tactic: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tactic: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tactic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tactic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. -tactic, tactic: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. TACTIC: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tactic: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
noun:  (military) A maneuver used against an enemy.
noun:  (chess) A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.
adjective:  (dated, military) Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
adjective:  (chemistry) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical

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