Tactic — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a plan for attaining a particular goal

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈæktɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈaktɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈaktɪk/

2 syllables Say it as /tˈæktɪk/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

maneuver tactics manoeuvre

Word Forms

tactical	adjective	of or pertaining to tactic or tactics
tactician	noun	a person who is skilled at planning tactics
manoeuvre	verb	act in order to achieve a certain goal

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Taktik

ein Plan zur Erreichung eines bestimmten Ziels

🇫🇷French

tactique

un plan pour atteindre un objectif particulier

🇪🇸Spanish

táctica

un plan para alcanzar una meta particular

🇮🇹Italian

tattica

un piano per raggiungere un particolare obiettivo

🇳🇱Dutch

tactiek

een plan om een bepaald doel te bereiken

🇵🇹Portuguese

tática

um plano para atingir um objetivo específico

🇷🇺Russian

тактика

план достижения конкретной цели

India

🇮🇳Hindi

रणनीति

किसी विशेष लक्ष्य को प्राप्त करने की योजना

🇧🇩Bengali

কৌশল

একটি নির্দিষ্ট লক্ষ্য অর্জনের জন্য একটি পরিকল্পনা

🇮🇳Tamil

தந்திரம்

ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட இலக்கை அடைவதற்கான திட்டம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఎత్తుగడ

ఒక నిర్దిష్ట లక్ష్యాన్ని సాధించడానికి ఒక ప్రణాళిక

🇮🇳Marathi

युक्ती

विशिष्ट ध्येय साध्य करण्यासाठी योजना

🇮🇳Gujarati

યુક્તિ

ચોક્કસ ધ્યેય પ્રાપ્ત કરવા માટેની યોજના

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಂತ್ರ

ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ಗುರಿಯನ್ನು ಸಾಧಿಸುವ ಯೋಜನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തന്ത്രം

ഒരു പ്രത്യേക ലക്ഷ്യം നേടുന്നതിനുള്ള ഒരു പദ്ധതി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰਣਨੀਤੀ

ਇੱਕ ਖਾਸ ਟੀਚਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਯੋਜਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

حربہ

کسی خاص مقصد کو حاصل کرنے کا منصوبہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇯🇵Japanese

戦術

特定の目標を達成するための計画

🇰🇷Korean

술책

특정한 목표를 달성하기 위한 계획

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chiến thuật

một kế hoạch để đạt được một mục tiêu cụ thể

🇹🇭Thai

ชั้นเชิง

แผนการบรรลุเป้าหมายเฉพาะ

🇮🇩Indonesian

taktik

rencana untuk mencapai tujuan tertentu

🇵🇭Filipino

taktika

isang plano para sa pagkamit ng isang partikular na layunin

🇲🇾Malay

taktik

rancangan untuk mencapai matlamat tertentu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تكتيك

خطة لتحقيق هدف معين

🇮🇷Persian

تاکتیک

برنامه ای برای رسیدن به یک هدف خاص

🇹🇷Turkish

taktik

belirli bir hedefe ulaşmak için bir plan

🇮🇱Hebrew

טקטיקה

תוכנית להשגת מטרה מסוימת

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