noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ/
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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]
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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