adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to tactics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
tactical
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to military operations that are smaller or more local than strategic ones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- tactical nuclear weapon
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adj
Meaning 3
Adroit, skilful or ingenious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 4
Having a military appearance, typically with accessories such as a bipod, adjustable stock, detachable magazine or black coloration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
Meaning 5
A combinator of proof tactics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
A private war reenactment event involving mock battles or skirmishes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 7
of or pertaining to tactic or tactics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a tactical error
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History
Etymology
From tactic + -al.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: մարտավարական (martavarakan) — of or relating to tactics
- Armenian: տակտիկական (taktikakan) — of or relating to tactics
- Asturian: tácticu — of or relating to tactics
- Azerbaijani: taktiki — of or relating to tactics
- Belarusian: такты́чны (taktýčny) — of or relating to tactics
- Bulgarian: такти́чески (taktíčeski) — of or relating to tactics
- Catalan: tàctic — of or relating to tactics
- Czech: taktický — of or relating to tactics
- Danish: taktisk — of or relating to tactics
- Dutch: tactisch — of or relating to tactics
- Esperanto: taktika — of or relating to tactics
- Finnish: taktinen — of or relating to tactics
- French: tactique — of or relating to tactics
- German: taktisch — of or relating to tactics
- Greek: τακτικός (taktikós) — of or relating to tactics
- Hungarian: taktikai — of or relating to tactics
- Irish: beartach — of or relating to tactics
- Irish: oirbheartaíochta — of or relating to tactics
- Irish: oirbheartaíoch — of or relating to tactics
- Irish: teaicticiúil — of or relating to tactics
- Italian: tattico — of or relating to tactics
- Kazakh: тактикалық (taktikalyq) — of or relating to tactics
- Latvian: taktisks — of or relating to tactics
- Persian: تاکتیکی (tâktiki) — of or relating to tactics
- Persian: راهکنشی (râhkoneši) — of or relating to tactics
- Polish: taktyczny — of or relating to tactics
- Portuguese: tático — of or relating to tactics
- Romanian: tactic — of or relating to tactics
- Russian: такти́ческий (taktíčeskij) — of or relating to tactics
- Spanish: táctico — of or relating to tactics
- Spanish: estratégico — of or relating to tactics
- Swedish: taktisk — of or relating to tactics
- Ukrainian: такти́чний (taktýčnyj) — of or relating to tactics
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