strategic
AdjectiveUS[struh-tee-jik]/strəˈtidʒɪk/3 syllables
Synonyms:
strategical
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- relating to or concerned with strategy“strategic weapon”“the islands are of strategic importance”“strategic considerations”Synonyms: strategicalRelating to strategy
- 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
- Spanish
- estratégico
- French
- stratégique
- German
- strategisch
- Italian
- strategico
- Portuguese
- estratégico
- Turkish
- stratejik
- Russian
- стратеги́ческий strategíčeskij
- Arabic
- إِسْتِرَاتِيجِيّ ʔistirātījiyy
- Japanese
- 戦略的 senryakuteki
- Dutch
- strategisch
14 more languages
- Polish
- strategiczny
- Swedish
- strategisk
- Greek
- στρατηγικός stratigikós
- Indonesian
- strategis
- Vietnamese
- chiến lược
- Hungarian
- hadászati
- Portuguese (PT)
- estratégico
- Catalan
- estratègic
- Czech
- strategický
- Esperanto
- strategia
- Finnish
- strateginen
- Romanian
- strategic
- Scottish Gaelic
- ro-innleachdail
- Slovak
- strategický
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