strategy
The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
Other meanings
A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.
“Oftentimes, the very simple strategies pay very great dividends.”
The act of strategizing; the development of effective strategies.
Synonyms
- scheme
Related words
- counterstrategy
- cyberstrategy
- geostrategy
- metastrategy
- multistrategy
- strategetic
- strategism
- strategyless
- strategyproof
- substrategy
- strategy guide
- coping strategy
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "στρατηγία" (office of general, command, generalship).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “strategy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.