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strategy

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒi/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈstɹæɾ.ɪ.d͡ʒi]
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈstɹæɾ.ə.d͡ʒi]
  • Australian: /ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒi/
  • Australian: [ˈstɹæɾ.ɪ.d͡ʒi]
  • New-Zealand: /ˈstɹɛt.ɪ.d͡ʒi/
  • New-Zealand: [ˈstɹɛɾ.ɪ.d͡ʒi]
  • CMU ARPABET: S T R AE1 T AH0 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Oftentimes, the very simple strategies pay very great dividends.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of strategizing; the development of effective strategies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an elaborate and systematic plan of action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scheme

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plan of action

Narrower terms: contrivance, stratagem, dodge, counterterrorism, game plan, house of cards, bubble, playbook, plot, secret plan, game, pyramid scheme, waiting game, wheeze, incentive program, incentive scheme

5

noun

Meaning 5

the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: military science

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh3- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *str̥tós Proto-Hellenic *strətós Ancient Greek στρατός (stratós) Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵeti Proto-Hellenic *ágō Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek στρᾰτηγός (strătēgós) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgía)bor. Latin stratēgiader. English strategy Derived from Latin stratēgia, from Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgía, “office of general, command, generalship”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratós, “army”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to lead, conduct”).

Across languages

Translations

169 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: strategji — science and art of military command
  • Arabic: إِسْتْرَاتِيجِيَّة (ʔistrātījiyya) — science and art of military command
  • Armenian: ռազմավարություն (ṙazmavarutʻyun) — science and art of military command
  • Azerbaijani: strategiya — science and art of military command
  • Azerbaijani: sövqülceyş — science and art of military command
  • Basque: estrategia — science and art of military command
  • Belarusian: стратэ́гія (stratéhija) — science and art of military command
  • Bulgarian: страте́гия (stratégija) — science and art of military command
  • Burmese: မဟာဗျူဟာ (ma.habyuha) — science and art of military command
  • Burmese: စစ်နည်းဗျူဟာ (cacnany:byuha) — science and art of military command
  • Burmese: နည်းဗျူဟာ (nany:byuha) — science and art of military command
  • Catalan: estratègia — science and art of military command
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰略 /战略 (zhànlüè) — science and art of military command
  • Czech: strategie — science and art of military command
  • Danish: strategi — science and art of military command
  • Dutch: strategie — science and art of military command
  • Esperanto: strategio — science and art of military command
  • Estonian: strateegia — science and art of military command
  • Finnish: strategia — science and art of military command
  • French: stratégie — science and art of military command
  • Galician: estratexia — science and art of military command
  • Georgian: სტრატეგია (sṭraṭegia) — science and art of military command
  • German: Strategie — science and art of military command
  • Greek: στρατηγική (stratigikí) — science and art of military command
  • Hebrew: אַסְטְרָטֶגְיָה (astratégya) — science and art of military command
  • Hindi: रणनीति (raṇnīti) — science and art of military command
  • Hungarian: stratégia — science and art of military command
  • Hungarian: hadászat — science and art of military command
  • Indonesian: strategi — science and art of military command
  • Italian: strategia — science and art of military command
  • Japanese: 兵法 (heihō) — science and art of military command
  • Japanese: 戦略 (senryaku) — science and art of military command
  • Kazakh: стратегия (strategiä) — science and art of military command
  • Khmer: យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រ (yutthĕəʼsaah) — science and art of military command
  • Korean: 병법 (byeongbeop) — science and art of military command
  • Korean: 전략 (jeollyak) — science and art of military command
  • Kyrgyz: стратегия (strategiya) — science and art of military command
  • Lao: ຍຸດທະສາດ (nyut tha sāt) — science and art of military command
  • Latin: ars bellica — science and art of military command
  • Latvian: stratēģija — science and art of military command
  • Lithuanian: strategija — science and art of military command
  • Macedonian: стратегија (strategija) — science and art of military command
  • Malay: strategi — science and art of military command
  • Malayalam: തന്ത്രം (tantraṁ) — science and art of military command
  • Māori: rautaki — science and art of military command
  • Mongolian: стратеги (strategi) — science and art of military command
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠲ᠋ᠷᠠᠲ᠋ᠧᠭᠢ (stratēgi) — science and art of military command
  • Norman: stratégie — science and art of military command
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strategi — science and art of military command
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: strategi — science and art of military command
  • Persian: راهبرد (râhbord) — science and art of military command
  • Persian: استراتژی (esterâteži) — science and art of military command
  • Persian: سوقالجیش (sowq-ol-jeyš) — science and art of military command
  • Polish: strategia — science and art of military command
  • Portuguese: estratégia — science and art of military command
  • Romanian: strategie — science and art of military command
  • Russian: страте́гия (stratégija) — science and art of military command
  • Scottish Gaelic: ro-innleachd — science and art of military command
  • Serbo-Croatian: стра̀те̄гија — science and art of military command
  • Serbo-Croatian: stràtēgija — science and art of military command
  • Sicilian: stratiggìa — science and art of military command
  • Slovak: stratégia — science and art of military command
  • Slovene: strategija — science and art of military command
  • Spanish: estrategia — science and art of military command
  • Spanish: estrategia — science and art of military command
  • Swedish: strategi — science and art of military command
  • Tagalog: patigayon — science and art of military command
  • Tagalog: estratehiya — science and art of military command
  • Tajik: стратегия (strategiya) — science and art of military command
  • Tajik: роҳбурд (rohburd) — science and art of military command
  • Tajik: савқулҷайш (savquljayš) — science and art of military command
  • Thai: ยุทธศาสตร์ (yút-tá-sàat) — science and art of military command
  • Thai: กลยุทธ์ (gon-lá-yút) — science and art of military command
  • Turkish: strateji — science and art of military command
  • Turkish: sevkülceyş — science and art of military command
  • Turkmen: strategiýa — science and art of military command
  • Ukrainian: страте́гія (stratéhija) — science and art of military command
  • Uzbek: strategiya — science and art of military command
  • Vietnamese: chiến lược — science and art of military command
  • Yiddish: סטראַטעגיע (strategye) — science and art of military command
  • Zulu: isu — science and art of military command
  • Zulu: icebo — science and art of military command
  • Zulu: iqhinga — science and art of military command
  • Arabic: إِسْتْرَاتِيجِيَّة (ʔistrātījiyya) — plan of action
  • Bulgarian: страте́гия (stratégija) — plan of action
  • Burmese: နည်းဗျူဟာ (nany:byuha) — plan of action
  • Catalan: estratègia — plan of action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰略 /战略 (zhànlüè) — plan of action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 策略 (cèlüè) — plan of action
  • Czech: strategie — plan of action
  • Danish: strategi — plan of action
  • Dutch: strategie — plan of action
  • Esperanto: strategio — plan of action
  • Estonian: tegevusplaan — plan of action
  • Finnish: toimintasuunnitelma — plan of action
  • French: stratégie — plan of action
  • German: Strategie — plan of action
  • Greek: στρατηγική (stratigikí) — plan of action
  • Hebrew: אַסְטְרָטֶגְיָה (astratégya) — plan of action
  • Hungarian: stratégia — plan of action
  • Interlingua: strategia — plan of action
  • Irish: straitéis — plan of action
  • Italian: strategia — plan of action
  • Japanese: 策略 (sakuryaku) — plan of action
  • Japanese: 計略 (keiryaku) — plan of action
  • Japanese: 機略 (kiryaku) — plan of action
  • Latin: strategema — plan of action
  • Latin: dolus — plan of action
  • Macedonian: стратегија (strategija) — plan of action
  • Malay: strategi — plan of action
  • Malayalam: തന്ത്രം (tantraṁ) — plan of action
  • Māori: rautaki — plan of action
  • Norman: stratégie — plan of action
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strategi — plan of action
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: strategi — plan of action
  • Persian: راهبرد (râhbord) — plan of action
  • Persian: استراتژی (esterâteži) — plan of action
  • Plautdietsch: Äwalaj — plan of action
  • Polish: strategia — plan of action
  • Portuguese: estratégia — plan of action
  • Romanian: strategie — plan of action
  • Russian: страте́гия (stratégija) — plan of action
  • Scottish Gaelic: ro-innleachd — plan of action
  • Serbo-Croatian: стра̀те̄гија — plan of action
  • Serbo-Croatian: stràtēgija — plan of action
  • Sicilian: stratiggìa — plan of action
  • Spanish: estrategia — plan of action
  • Swahili: mbinu — plan of action
  • Swedish: strategi — plan of action
  • Tagalog: patigayon — plan of action
  • Thai: ยุทธศาสตร์ (yút-tá-sàat) — plan of action
  • Turkish: strateji — plan of action
  • Turkish: izlem — plan of action
  • Zulu: isu — plan of action
  • Zulu: icebo — plan of action
  • Zulu: iqhinga — plan of action
  • Arabic: إِسْتْرَاتِيجِيَّة (ʔistrātījiyya) — techniques in politics or business
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰略 /战略 (zhànlüè) — techniques in politics or business
  • Czech: strategie — techniques in politics or business
  • Dutch: strategie — techniques in politics or business
  • Estonian: strateegia — techniques in politics or business
  • Finnish: strategia — techniques in politics or business
  • Finnish: strateginen suunnittelu — techniques in politics or business
  • French: stratégie — techniques in politics or business
  • German: Strategie — techniques in politics or business
  • Greek: στρατηγική (stratigikí) — techniques in politics or business
  • Hebrew: אַסְטְרָטֶגְיָה (astratégya) — techniques in politics or business
  • Hungarian: stratégia — techniques in politics or business
  • Italian: strategia — techniques in politics or business
  • Japanese: 戦略 (senryaku) — techniques in politics or business
  • Japanese: 機略 (kiryaku) — techniques in politics or business
  • Japanese: 戦術 (senjutsu) — techniques in politics or business
  • Japanese: 策略 (sakuryaku) — techniques in politics or business
  • Japanese: 計略 (keiryaku) — techniques in politics or business
  • Māori: rautaki — techniques in politics or business
  • Norman: stratégie — techniques in politics or business
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strategi — techniques in politics or business
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: strategi — techniques in politics or business
  • Persian: راهبرد (râhbord) — techniques in politics or business
  • Persian: استراتژی (esterâteži) — techniques in politics or business
  • Portuguese: estratégia — techniques in politics or business
  • Russian: страте́гия (stratégija) — techniques in politics or business
  • Scottish Gaelic: ro-innleachd — techniques in politics or business
  • Serbo-Croatian: strategija — techniques in politics or business
  • Sicilian: stratiggìa — techniques in politics or business
  • Spanish: estrategia — techniques in politics or business
  • Swedish: strategi — techniques in politics or business
  • Tagalog: patigayon — techniques in politics or business
  • Thai: ยุทธศาสตร์ (yút-tá-sàat) — techniques in politics or business
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