strategic

Adjective
US[struh-tee-jik]/strəˈtidʒɪk/3 syllables
Synonyms: strategical

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. relating to or concerned with strategy“strategic weapon”“the islands are of strategic importance”“strategic considerations”Synonyms: strategicalRelating to strategy
  2. highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war“a strategic chess move”“strategic withdrawal”“strategic bombing missions”Opposite unimportantSimilar important, of import
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Translations

Adjective of or pertaining to strategy

Italian
strategico
Portuguese
estratégico
Turkish
stratejik
Russian
стратеги́ческий strategíčeskij
Arabic
إِسْتِرَاتِيجِيّ ʔistirātījiyy
Japanese
戦略的 senryakuteki
14 more languages
Swedish
strategisk
Greek
στρατηγικός stratigikós
Indonesian
strategis
Vietnamese
chiến lược
Hungarian
hadászati
Portuguese (PT)
estratégico
Esperanto
strategia
Romanian
strategic
Scottish Gaelic
ro-innleachdail

The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Stra·te′gic, Stra·te′gic·al adjective

Origin: Gr. … of or for a general: cf. F. stratégique.

Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. — Stra·te′wb-a1′>′gic·al·ly, adverb

Strategic line Military, a line joining strategic points. — Strategic point Military, any point or region in the theater or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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