Definitions for Strategyˈstræt ɪ dʒi

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

strat•e•gyˈstræt ɪ dʒi(n.)(pl.)-gies.

  1. the science or art of planning and directing large-scale military movements and operations.

    Category: Military

  2. the use of or an instance of using this science or art.

    Category: Military

  3. the use of a stratagem.

  4. a plan or method for achieving a specific goal:

    a strategy for getting ahead in the world.

Origin of strategy:

1680–90; < Gk stratēgía generalship =stratēg(ós) military commander (strat(ós) army +-ēgos n. der. of ágein to lead)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. scheme, strategy(noun)

    an elaborate and systematic plan of action

  2. strategy(noun)

    the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. strategy(noun)ˈstræt ɪ dʒi

    a detailed plan for achieving sth

    the strategy for winning the war; a strategy to secure cyberspace

  2. strategyˈstræt ɪ dʒi

    the process of planning sth

    The game is all about strategy.; economic strategy

Wiktionary

  1. strategy(Noun)

    The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare

  2. strategy(Noun)

    A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal

  3. strategy(Noun)

    The art of using similar techniques in politics or business

Webster Dictionary

  1. Strategy(noun)

    the science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship

  2. Strategy(noun)

    the use of stratagem or artifice

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. strategy

    A prudent idea or set of ideas for employing the instruments of national power in a synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater, national, and/or multinational objectives.


Translations for Strategy

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

strategy(noun)

the art of planning a campaign or large military operation

military strategy.

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