strategy

English

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

Wikipedia strategy (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
3. The art of using similar techniques in politics or business

Derived terms

Terms derived from strategy

exit strategy stratagem

strategic strategics

strategist

Coordinate terms

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

Translations

science and art of military command

Arabic: إستراتيجية (ar) (istrātījiyya) f. Catalan: estratègia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 戰略 (cmn), 战略 (cmn) (zhànlüè) Croatian: strategija (hr) f. Czech: strategie (cs) f. Dutch: strategie (nl) Esperanto: strategio (eo) Finnish: strategia (fi) French: stratégie (fr) f. German: Strategie (de) f.

Hungarian: stratégia (hu) Italian: strategia (it) f. Japanese: 兵法 (ja) (heihō), 戦略 (ja) (senryaku), 戦術 (ja) (senjutsu) Latin: ars bellica (la) Lithuanian: strategija (lt) f. Persian: راهبرد (fa) (râhbord), استراتژی (fa) (esterâteži) Portuguese: estratégia (pt) f. Russian: стратегия (ru) (stratégija) f. Scottish Gaelic: ro-innleachd (gd) f. Spanish: estrategia (es) f., estrategia (es) Swedish: strategi (sv) c.

plan of action

Arabic: إستراتيجية (ar) (istrātījiyya) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 戰略 (cmn), 战略 (cmn) (zhànlüè) Croatian: strategija (hr) f. Czech: strategie (cs) f. Dutch: strategie (nl) Esperanto: strategio (eo) Finnish: toimintasuunnitelma (fi) French: stratégie (fr) f. German: Strategie (de) f., Strategie (de) f.

Hungarian: stratégia (hu) Interlingua: strategia (ia) Italian: strategia (it) f. Japanese: 策略 (ja) (sakuryaku), 計略 (ja) (kēryaku), 機略 (ja) (kiryaku) Latin: strategema (la), dolus (la) Persian: راهبرد (fa) (râhbord), استراتژی (fa) (esterâteži) Polish: strategia (pl) f. Portuguese: estratégia (pt) f. Russian: стратегия (ru) (stratégija) f. Scottish Gaelic: ro-innleachd (gd) f. Spanish: estrategia (es) f. Swedish: strategi (sv) c.

art of using similar techniques in politics or business

Arabic: إستراتيجية (ar) (istrātījiyya) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 戰略 (cmn), 战略 (cmn) (zhànlüè) Croatian: strategija (hr) f. Dutch: strategie (nl) Finnish: strategia, strateginen suunnittelu French: stratégie (fr) f. German: Strategie (de) f. Hungarian: stratégia (hu)

Italian: strategia (it) f. Japanese: 戦略 (ja) (senryaku), 機略 (ja) (kiryaku), 戦術 (ja) (senjutsu), 策略 (ja) (sakuryaku), 計略 (ja) (kēryaku) Persian: راهبرد (fa) (râhbord), استراتژی (fa) (esterâteži) Portuguese: estratégia (pt) f. Russian: стратегия (ru) (stratégija) f. Scottish Gaelic: ro-innleachd (gd) f. Spanish: estrategia (es) f. Swedish: strategi (sv) c.

in game theory

Arabic: إستراتيجية (ar) (istrātījiyya) Chinese: Mandarin: 戰略 (cmn), 战略 (cmn) (zhànlüè) Czech: strategie (cs) f.

Dutch: strategie (nl) Persian: راهبرد (fa) (râhbord), استراتژی (fa) (esterâteži) Russian: стратегия (ru) (stratégija) f. Scottish Gaelic: ro-innleachd (gd) f. Spanish: estrategia (es) f. Swedish: strategi (sv) c.

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Telugu: వ్యూహం (vyooham) (1,2,3) Greek: στρατηγική (strategiké)

External links

• strategy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• strategy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• strategy at OneLook Dictionary Search