tactic

Pluraltactics

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A planned action or trick used to get what you want.

   Crying is a tactic my little brother uses to get dessert.

   The team tried a new tactic in the second half and scored twice.

   Similarplan, scheme, maneuver, stratagem

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A move made against an enemy in a battle.

   The general's tactic was to attack at dawn from the hills.

   Setting fires behind the enemy line was an old tactic.

   Similarmaneuver, stratagem, ploy

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   In chess, a short series of moves that wins a piece or forces the other player into a bad spot.

   She spotted a tactic that won a knight in three moves.

   Practice puzzles teach you to see a tactic before your opponent does.

   Similarcombination

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4. 4
   adjective

   In chemistry, describing a plastic whose repeating parts are all arranged the same way.

   A tactic polymer has its side groups lined up in a regular pattern.

   The lab compared a tactic sample with one whose units were mixed up.

   Similarstereoregular

   Oppositeatactic

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