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strat·egy (-jē)

noun pl. strategies -·gies

    1. the science of planning and directing large-scale military operations, specif. (as distinguished from tactics) of maneuvering forces into the most advantageous position prior to actual engagement with the enemy
    2. a plan or action based on this
    1. skill in managing or planning, esp. by using stratagems
    2. a stratagem or artful means to some end

Etymology: Fr stratégie < Gr stratēgia, generalship < stratēgos: see stratagem

Sometimes, esp. for strategysense , strategics stra·te′gics (strə tē′jiks)

noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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