strategy

Main Entry:: strat·e·gy
Pronunciation:: \-jē\
Function:: noun
Inflected Form(s):: plural strat·e·gies
Etymology:: Greek stratēgia generalship, from stratēgos
Date:: 1810

1 a (1): the science and art of employing the political, economic, psychological, and military forces of a nation or group of nations to afford the maximum support to adopted policies in peace or war (2): the science and art of military command exercised to meet the enemy in combat under advantageous conditions b: a variety of or instance of the use of strategy2 a: a careful plan or method : a clever stratagem b: the art of devising or employing plans or stratagems toward a goal3: an adaptation or complex of adaptations (as of behavior, metabolism, or structure) that serves or appears to serve an important function in achieving evolutionary success <foraging strategies of insects>

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