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Synonyms for tactics

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tak-tiks
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæk tɪks

Top 10 synonyms for tactics
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Définition of tactics

Origin :
  • 1620s, from Modern Latin tactica (17c.), from Greek taktike techne "art of arrangement," noun use of fem. of taktikos "of or pertaining to arrangement," especially "tactics in war," adjective to taxis "order," verbal noun of tassein "arrange," from PIE root *tag- "to set aright."
  • noun strategy
Example sentences :
  • But he was not discouraged; he was merely changing his tactics.
  • Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • Active opposition I could fight; but the tactics are now to ignore me.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • His equanimity was almost winsome, and I saw that friendliness was going to be his tactics.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • The Allies adopted other tactics which were quite as effective.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • The war with the Turks on the Peninsula became purely a war of tactics.
  • Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
  • The tactics of the period did not even organise trench raids.
  • Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
  • Then, changing his tactics, he said roughly: "I suppose you realise that you are your sister's protector?"
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • Her son might know her tactics, but she refused to admit that he knew.
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
  • Mrs. Herriton was off on tactics of her own—tactics which might be beyond or beneath him.
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
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