1 [usuallybeforenoun] connected with the particular method you use to achieve sth:
tactical discussions / planning * to have a tactical advantage * Telling your boss you were looking for a new job was a tactical error (= it was the wrong thing to do at that time).
2 [usuallybeforenoun] carefully planned in order to achieve a particular aim:
a tactical decision / retreat
seealsoTACTICALVOTING
3 [onlybeforenoun] (especially of weapons) used or having an effect over short distances or for a short time:
tactical aircraft / missiles * tactical nuclear weapons
compareSTRATEGIC(3)
4 [onlybeforenoun] connected with military tactics:
He was given tactical command of the operation.
tactically adverb:
At the time, it was tactically the right thing to do. * The enemy was tactically superior.
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