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# tactical

«tactical» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with the plans and moves used to win a game, battle…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (tactical)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with the plans and moves used to win a game, battle or contest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tactical/#m1)

2) Done carefully to get an advantage later: a tactical decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tactical/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In sport and PE «tactical» describes plans: a tactical substitution, tactical fouls. In games like chess you make tactical moves. In history lessons armies make tactical retreats. In everyday life a tactical choice is a clever, planned choice.

### examples

- Bringing on a fast player was a tactical change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tactical/#x1)
- She made a tactical move to trap my queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tactical/#x2)
- The army made a tactical retreat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tactical/#x3)
- Sitting near the door was a tactical choice — first out for lunch! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tactical/#x4)
- The coach gave a tactical talk at half-time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tactical/#x5)
- A tactical foul stops a quick attack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tactical/#x6)

### note

Noun: tactic (one move), tactics (the planning). Tactics are short-term moves; strategy is the big overall plan. Adverb: tactically.

### In the corpora

- ["Tactical redeployment" is military jargon for a retreat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tactical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tactical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.