English Explanatory Dictionary

strategic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to strategy.
  2. Of or relating to military operations that are more large-scale or long-range than local or tactical ones.

Pronunciation

/stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-strategic.wav /ˈsʈræ.ʈə.dʒɪk/

Word forms

strategic more strategic most strategic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρατηγικός (stratēgikós, “of or for a general", also "a treatise on strategy”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratós, “army”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead, I conduct”).

Synonyms

strategical strategetic strategetical

Derived words

antistrategic bistrategic counterstrategic cyberstrategic e-strategic geostrategic metastrategic multistrategic nonstrategic prestrategic strategical strategically strategic competence strategic depth strategic management strategic material strategicness strategic pluralism strategic submarine strategic warning substrategic technostrategic unstrategic
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