strategy
strategy Lexical Profile
strategy Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A comprehensive, carefully devised plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or long-term aim.
"The executive team met to develop a new marketing strategy for the upcoming fiscal year."
The art and science of planning and directing large-scale military operations and movements prior to direct engagement with an opposing force.
"The academy course examined how geography and logistics shaped naval strategy during the nineteenth century."
Word Nuance & Usage
'Strategy' refers to an overarching, long-term plan for achieving a broad goal, whereas 'tactics' refers to the specific, short-term actions or maneuvers executed to carry out that strategy.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 19th century from French 'stratégie', from Ancient Greek 'stratēgia' ('office or command of a general'), derived from 'stratēgos' ('general'), a compound of 'stratos' ('army') and 'agein' ('to lead').