strategy
nounUK /ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ/ · CA, US /ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒi/
Etymology Derived from Latin stratēgia, from 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, “to lead, conduct”).
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The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
- “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. …”1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
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A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.
- Oftentimes, the very simple strategies pay very great dividends.
- 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.2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
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The act of strategizing; the development of effective strategies.
- Synonyms
- generalship
- Derived terms
32 terms
basic strategy, coping strategy, counter strategy, counter-strategy, counterstrategy, cyberstrategy, e-strategy, evolutionarily stable strategy, exit strategy, fifty-state strategy, geostrategy, investment strategy, mating strategy, metastrategy, multistrategy, real-time strategy, sneaky fucker strategy, sprinkler strategy, strap strategy, strategetic, strategic, strategics, strategism, strategist, strategy game, strategy guide, strategyless, strategy of tension, strategy pattern, strategyproof, strip strategy, substrategy- Coordinate terms
- tactics