strategy

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      Etymology

      (Can we verify(+) this etymology?) From Old French strategie, from Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgia, “office of general, command, generalship”), from στρατηγός (stratēgos, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratos, “army”) + ἄγω (ago, “I lead, I conduct”).

      Noun

      strategy (countable and uncountable; plural strategies)

      1. The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
      2. A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.
        • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
          “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ?  Why didn’t I telephone ?  Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”
      3. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) The art of using similar techniques in politics or business.

      Usage notes

      • Verbs often used with "strategy": drive, follow, pursue, execute, implement, adopt, abandon, accept, reject.

      Derived terms

      Terms derived from strategy

      Coordinate terms

      • (an art of using similar techniques in politics or business): tactics

      Translations

      science and art of military command
      plan of action
      art of using similar techniques in politics or business
      in game theory
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