strategic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρατηγικός (stratēgikós, “of or for a general", also "a treatise on strategy”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratós, “army”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead, I conduct”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /stɹəˈtiː.d͡ʒɪk/

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• Rhymes: -iːdʒɪk

Adjective

strategic (comparative more strategic, superlative most strategic)

1. Of or pertaining to strategy.

   Synonyms: strategical, (rare) strategetic, (rare) strategetical

2. Of or relating to military operations that are more large-scale or long-range than local or tactical ones.

   a strategic nuclear weapon

   a strategic bomber aircraft

Derived terms

• e-strategic
• nonstrategic
• strategical
• strategically
• strategic competence
• strategic management
• strategic material
• strategicness
• strategic pluralism
• strategic submarine
• strategic warning

 

Translations

of or pertaining to strategy

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: إِسْتِرَاتِيجِيّ (ʔistirātījiyy)
• Armenian: ռազմավարական (hy) (ṙazmavarakan)
• Asturian: estratéxicu
• Belarusian: стратэгі́чны (stratehíčny)
• Bulgarian: стратеги́чески (strategíčeski)
• Catalan: estratègic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰略的／战略的 (zh) (zhànlüè de)

• Czech: strategický (cs) m
• Dutch: strategisch (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: strateginen (fi)
• French: stratégique (fr)
• Galician: estratéxico
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: strategisch (de)
• Greek: στρατηγικός (el) (stratigikós)
• Hungarian: stratégiai (hu), hadászati (hu)
• Indonesian: strategis (id)
• Italian: strategico (it)
• Japanese: 戦略的な (せんりゃくてきな, senryakuteki na)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: strategik
• Occitan: estrategic (oc)
• Persian: راهبردی (fa) (râhbordi)
• Polish: strategiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: estratégico (pt)
• Romanian: strategic (ro)
• Russian: стратеги́ческий (ru) (strategíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: ro-innleachdail
• Spanish: estratégico
• Swedish: strategisk (sv)
• Telugu: వ్యూహాత్మక (vyūhātmaka)
• Thai: ยุทธศาสตร์ (yút-tá-sàat)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: стратегі́чний (uk) (stratehíčnyj)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French stratégique. By surface analysis, strategie +‎ -ic.

Adjective

strategic m or n (feminine singular strategică, masculine plural strategici, feminine and neuter plural strategice)

1. strategic

Declension

Declension of strategic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	strategic		strategică	strategici	strategice
	definite	strategicul		strategica	strategicii	strategicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	strategic		strategice	strategici	strategice
	definite	strategicului		strategicei	strategicilor	strategicelor