strategy

Noun
US[strat-uh-jee]/ˈstrætədʒi/3 syllables
Synonyms: scheme

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)strategies

  1. an elaborate and systematic plan of actionSynonyms: schemeType of plan of actionKinds plot, contrivance, house of cards, game plan, pyramid scheme, playbook, wheeze, incentive program, counterterrorism, counterproject +1 more
  2. the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a warType of military science
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Translations

Noun science and art of military command

Spanish
estrategia
German
Strategie
Italian
strategia
Portuguese
estratégia
Turkish
strateji
Russian
страте́гия stratégija
Chinese
战略 zhànlüè
Japanese
戦略 senryaku
26 more languages
Polish
strategia
Swedish
strategi
Greek
στρατηγική stratigikí
Korean
전략 jeollyak
Indonesian
strategi
Vietnamese
chiến lược
Hungarian
stratégia
Portuguese (PT)
estratégia
Chinese (Trad.)
戰略 zhànlüè
Albanian
strategji
Danish
strategi
Esperanto
strategio
Estonian
strateegia
Finnish
strategia
Georgian
სტრატეგია sṭraṭegia
Lithuanian
strategija
Norwegian
strategi
Romanian
strategie
Scottish Gaelic
ro-innleachd
Serbo-Croatian
strategija
Slovenian
strategija

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

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Strat′e·gy noun

Origin: Gr. …: cf. F. stratégie. See Stratagem.

1. The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

2. The use of stratagem or artifice.

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

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