{
    "term": "tactical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the particular method you use to achieve something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "tactical planning"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to have a tactical advantage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Telling your boss you were looking for a new job was a **tactical error** *(= it was the wrong thing to do at that time)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "carefully planned in order to achieve a particular aim",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a tactical decision"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used or having an effect over short distances or for a short time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**tactical weapons/missiles**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "tactical nuclear weapons"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "connected with military tactics",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was given tactical command of the operation."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtæktɪkl/",
                "audio": "ta/tactical/tactical__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtæktɪkl/",
                "audio": "ta/tactical/tactical__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to military or naval tactics’): from Greek taktikos (from taktos ‘ordered, arranged’, from the base of tassein ‘arrange’) + -al."
}