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   strategy

   /ˈstratɪdʒi/

   noun

   • 1. a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim: "time to develop a coherent economic strategy" Similar master plangrand designgame planplan of actionplanpolicyproposed actionschemeblueprintprogrammeprocedureapproachscheduletacticsset of tactics
   • 2. 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 strategy" Similar the art of warmilitary sciencemilitary tacticsgeneralship
   • ▪ a plan for directing overall military operations and movements: "non-provocative defence 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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