tactical
/ˈtæktɪk(ə)l/
tactical adjective: of or relating to tactics.
Adjective
tactical (not comparable)
- Of or relating to tactics.
- 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
- Of or relating to military operations that are smaller or more local than strategic ones.
- tactical nuclear weapon
- 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
- Adroit, skilful or ingenious.
- Having a military appearance, typically with accessories such as a bipod, adjustable stock, detachable magazine or black coloration.
Noun
tactical (plural tacticals)
- A combinator of proof tactics.
- 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...2013, Adam Chlipala, Certified Programming with Dependent Types
- A private war reenactment event involving mock battles or skirmishes.
tactical meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Persian
tactical in Tamil
- உத்திசார்ந்த, நுண்ணறிவு சார்ந்த தந்திரமான
tactical in Malayalam
- തന്ത്രപരമായ, കർമ്മകുശലമായ
tactical in Kannada
- ಚತುರ, ಸಮರ್ಥ, ವ್ಯೂಹರಚನಾ ಚತುರನಾದ, ಯುದ್ಧಕುಶಲನಾದ, ಯುದ್ಧ ತಂತ್ರದ
tactical in Persian
- of or relating to tactics
- تاکتیکی tâktiki, راهکنشی râhkoneši
Examples of tactical in a sentence
- This new win is testimony to the tactical skill of their coach.
- Bridges blown up by the Russians, but also bridges blown up by themselves in tactical battlefield operations."
- I’ve ridden tactical combat helicopters missions, skimming the desert floor and banking hard around sand dunes.
Forms of tactical
| plural | tacticals |
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Origin of tactical
From tactic + -al.
Words formed from tactical
- aerotactical
- battalion tactical group
- multitactical
- nontactical
- psychotactical
- TACAN
- tacnuke
- tactical air commander
- tactical air control center
- tactical area
- tactical assembly area
- tactical call sign
- tactical center
- tactical combat
- tactical command
- tactical concept
- tactical contact
- tactical control
- tactical coordinator
- tactical deception
- tactical diameter
- tactical diversion
- tactical evacuation
- tactical group
- tactical information
- tactical intelligence
- tacticality
- tactical level of war
- tactical loading
- tactical locality
- tactically
- tactical map
- tactical mining
- tactical obstacle
- tactical officer
- tactical operation
- tactical pen
- tactical range
- tactical realism
- tactical reconnaissance
- tactical reserve
- tactical role-playing game
- tactical RPG
- tactical security
- tactical support
- tactical system
- tactical transport
- tactical troops
- tactical unit
- tactical urbanism
- tactical vehicle
- tactical vote
- tactical voting
- tactical warning
- tactical weapon
- tacticool
- tactleneck
Phrases with tactical
Questions about tactical
- What does tactical mean?
- Tactical means of or relating to tactics.
- What is tactical in Tamil?
- Tactical in Tamil is உத்திசார்ந்த, நுண்ணறிவு சார்ந்த தந்திரமான. See Tactical meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tactical?
- Tactical can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce tactical?
- Tactical is pronounced /ˈtæktɪk(ə)l/.
Words near tactical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tactical (page history and authors); tactical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tactical (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tactical (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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