tactic
• noun 1 an action or strategy planned to achieve a specific end. 2 (tactics) the art of disposing armed forces in order of battle and of organizing operations. Often contrasted with STRATEGY. — DERIVATIVES tactician noun. — ORIGIN from Greek taktike tekhne ‘art of tactics’, from taktos ‘ordered, arranged’.
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