tactics

Naija

Alternative forms

• equipment-dem 0.74 5, funds 0.71 27, toxic 0.71 11, ait 0.71 24, cdc 0.71 12, productivity 0.70 15, concerns 0.70 27, instructions 0.70 22, needed 0.70 13

Etymology

Borrowed from English tactics

Pronunciation

• tátìs

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 24
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4943

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

tactics: tact, con, strategy -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Your tactics no go work dis time o.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:4)

   But President Akufo-Addo explain sey de process dem dey follow wey be slow, wey some of de people too dey use tactics delay de process.  — (bbc__21573, __no translation__)

   United States place visa restrictions on Ghana February dis year sake of Ghana officials play delay tactics in signing deportation documents for some 7000 nationals US wan deport.  — (bbc__97253, __no translation__)

3. nmod:poss (frequency:2)

   Den six months later instead of harming herself, she change her tactics to face John.  — (bbc__30055, __no translation__)

   Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp show say na im be baba as per im tactics work well-well for Etihad stadium.  — (bbc__64056, __no translation__)

4. compound-nmod (frequency:2)

   Odemwingie fault Rohr defence tactics NFF deny Pinnick get court order for im arrest  — (bbc__76239, __no translation__)

   I no fit assure Nigerians anytin - Ndidi Odemwingie fault Rohr defence tactics AFCON 2019 Dream Team  — (bbc__57023, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• equipment-dem 0.74 5, funds 0.71 27, toxic 0.71 11, ait 0.71 24, cdc 0.71 12, productivity 0.70 15, concerns 0.70 27, instructions 0.70 22, needed 0.70 13

Antonyms

• equipment-dem 0.74 5, funds 0.71 27, toxic 0.71 11, ait 0.71 24, cdc 0.71 12, productivity 0.70 15, concerns 0.70 27, instructions 0.70 22, needed 0.70 13

Translations

• English: tact, con, strategy