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   Strat·e·gy

   /ˈstradəjē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim: "time to develop a coherent economic strategy" Similar master plangrand designgame planplan of actionplanpolicyproposed actionschemeblueprintprogramprocedureapproachscheduletacticsset of tactics
   • ▪ the art of planning and directing overall military operations and movements in a war or battle. Similar the art of warmilitary sciencemilitary tacticsgeneralship
   • ▪ a plan for military operations and movements during a war or battle: "nonprovocative defense strategies"

   Word Origin early 17th century (denoting an army, government, or province under the command or rule of a general): from Greek stratēgia ‘generalship’, ‘province governed by a general’, from stratēgos ‘general’ (see stratagem).

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