strategy

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Etymology

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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, I lead, I conduct).

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strategy (countable and uncountable, plural strategies)

  1. (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. …”
  2. (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.
  3. (uncountable) The act of strategizing; the development of effective strategies.

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  • (an art of using similar techniques in politics or business): tactics

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