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strategies

[strat-i-jee]

noun, plural -gies.

Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.

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

skillful use of a stratagem: The salesperson's strategy was to seem always to agree with the customer.

a plan, method, or series of maneuvers or stratagems for obtaining a specific goal or result: a strategy for getting ahead in the world.

Origin:
1680–90; < Greek stratēgía generalship, equivalent to stratēg(ós) military commander, general (strat(ós) army + -ēgos noun derivative of ágein to lead) + -ia -y³

Related forms

coun·ter·strat·e·gy, noun, plural -gies.

Can be confused: stratagem, strategy, tactic (see synonym note at the current entry).

Synonyms
1. In military usage, a distinction is made between strategy and tactics. Strategy is the utilization, during both peace and war, of all of a nation's forces, through large-scale, long-range planning and development, to ensure security or victory. Tactics deals with the use and deployment of troops in actual combat.

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Word Origin & History

strategy

1810, "art of a general," from Fr. stratégie, from Gk. strategia "office or command of a general," from strategos "general," from stratos "multitude, army, expedition," lit. "that which is spread out" (see structure) + agos "leader," from agein "to lead" (see

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act). Strategic "pertaining to strategy" is from 1825.

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