Tactical Meaning
/ˈtæktɪk(ə)l/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or relating to tactics.
adjOf or relating to military operations that are smaller or more local than strategic ones.
Sentence Examples
A tactical retreat is sometimes interpreted as cowardice.
An aircraft carrier can only be destroyed with a tactical nuclear weapon.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The commander made a ____ decision to move troops to the hill.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The general made a ____ decision to retreat from the area and regroup his tired forces in a safer location today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English tactic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English tactical From tactic + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline."
— 2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport:
"There are already hopes that actual tactical surprise has been attained, and we hope to furnish the enemy with a succession of surprises during the course of the fighting."
— 1944 June 7, Winston Churchill, speech to House of Commons
"The repeat that we use here is called a tactical, or tactic combinator. The behavior of repeat t is to loop through running t, running t on all generated subgoals, running t on their generated subgoals, and so on. When t fails at any point in this search tree, that particular subgoal is left to be handled by later tactics."
— 2013, Adam Chlipala, Certified Programming with Dependent Types:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The commander made a ____ decision to move troops to the hill.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The general made a ____ decision to retreat from the area and regroup his tired forces in a safer location today.