strategy
English
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Etymology
editFrom Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgía, “office of general, command, generalship”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratós, “army”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead, I conduct”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editstrategy (countable and uncountable, plural strategies)
- (uncountable) The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”
- (countable) A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.
- Oftentimes, the very simple strategies pay very great dividends.
- 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
- Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close […] above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.
- (uncountable) The act of strategizing; the development of effective strategies.
Synonyms
editCoordinate terms
edit- (an art of using similar techniques in politics or business): tactics
Derived terms
edit- basic strategy
- coping strategy
- counter strategy
- counter-strategy
- e-strategy
- evolutionarily stable strategy
- exit strategy
- fifty-state strategy
- investment strategy
- mating strategy
- real-time strategy
- sneaky fucker strategy
- sprinkler strategy
- strap strategy
- strategic
- strategics
- strategist
- strategy game
- strategy of tension
- strategy pattern
- strip strategy
Related terms
editCollocations
editVerbs often used with "strategy"
drive, follow, pursue, execute, implement, adopt, abandon, accept, reject, create
Translations
editscience and art of military command
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plan of action
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techniques in politics or business
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “strategy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “strategy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “strategy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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