strategy

 
Pronunciation: /ˈstratɪdʒi/

noun (plural strategies)

  • 1a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim: time to develop a coherent economic strategy [mass noun]: shifts in marketing strategy
  • 2 [mass noun] the art of planning and directing overall military operations and movements in a war or battle: he was a genius when it came to military strategyOften contrasted with tactics (see tactic).
  • [count noun] a plan for directing overall military operations and movements: non-provocative defence strategies

Origin:

early 19th century: from French stratégie, from Greek stratēgia 'generalship', from stratēgos (see stratagem)

Spelling help

Remember that the beginning of strategy and the related word strategic should be spelled stra-.