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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρατηγικός (strategikos) "of or for a general", also "a treatise on strategy", from στρατηγός (strategos) "the leader or commander of an army, a general", from στρατός (stratos) "army" + άγω (ago) "to lead, to conduct".

Pronunciation

: Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-iːdʒɪk|-iːdʒɪk

Adjective

of or pertaining to strategy

Derived terms

Translations

Czech: strategický
Dutch: strategisch
Finnish: strateginen
Greek: στρατηγικός (strategikós)
Italian: strategico

Japanese: 戦略的な (せんりゃくてきな, senryakutekina)
Persian:
Swedish: strategisk
Telugu: వ్యూహాత్మక (vyoohaatmaka)

Category:Greek derivations

et:strategic fr:strategic io:strategic hu:strategic pl:strategic ru:strategic fi:strategic vi:strategic zh:strategic

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Strategic \Stra*te"gic\, Strategical \Stra*te"gic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
of or for a general: cf. F. strat['e]gique.]
Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. --
Stra*te"gic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]

Strategic line (Mil.), a line joining strategic points.

Strategic point (Mil.), any point or region in the theater
or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an
advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a
junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet strategic
adj 1: relating to or concerned with strategy; "strategic weapon";
"the islands are of strategic importance"; "strategic
considerations" [syn: strategical]
2: highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or
plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess
move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing
missions"

Moby Dictionary
Machiavellian , Machiavellic , acute , arch , arranged , artful , astute ,
blueprinted , cagey , calculated , canny , cardinal , charted , clever ,
contrived , crafty , critical , crucial , cunning , cute , deceitful ,
deep , deep-laid , designed , designing , devised , diplomatic , feline ,
figured , foxy , guileful , in the works , ingenious , insidious ,
inventive , key , knowing , methodized , on the agenda , on the anvil ,
on the calendar , on the carpet , on the docket , on the tapis ,
organized , pawky , planned , plotted , politic , principal , projected ,
rationalized , ready , resourceful , scheduled , schematized , scheming ,
serpentine , set , shaped , sharp , shifty , shrewd , slick , slippery ,
sly , smooth , snaky , sneaky , sophistical , stealthy , strategetic ,
subtile , subtle , supple , sur le tapis , systematized , tactical ,
trickish , tricksy , tricky , vital , vulpine , wary , wily ,
worked out