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- [tak-ti-kuh l]
- /ˈtæk tɪ kəl/
- /ˈtæk.tɪ.kəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tak-ti-kuh l]
- /ˈtæk tɪ kəl/
Definitions of tactical word
- adjective tactical of or relating to tactics, especially military or naval tactics. 1
- adjective tactical characterized by skillful tactics or adroit maneuvering or procedure: tactical movements. 1
- adjective tactical of or relating to a maneuver or plan of action designed as an expedient toward gaining a desired end or temporary advantage. 1
- adjective tactical expedient; calculated. 1
- adjective tactical prudent; politic. 1
- adjective tactical designed to achieve sth 1
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Origin of tactical
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1560-70; tactic + -al1
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Parts of speech for Tactical
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tactical popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tactical usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tactical
adj tactical
- advisable — If you tell someone that it is advisable to do something, you are suggesting that they should do it, because it is sensible or is likely to achieve the result they want.
- band-aid — A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- make do — something that serves as a substitute, especially of an inferior or expedient nature: We had to get along with make-dos during the war.
adjective tactical
- entrepreneurial — Characterized by the taking of financial risks in the hope of profit; enterprising.
- expedient — (of an action) Convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral.
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