strat·e·gy | \ ˈstra-tə-jē 
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\ plural strategies
Definition of strategy
1a(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 strategy
2a : a careful plan or method : a clever stratagem
b : the art of devising or employing plans or stratagems toward a goal
3 : 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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Synonyms for strategy
Synonyms
- arrangement,
- blueprint,
- design,
- game,
- game plan,
- ground plan,
- master plan,
- plan,
- program,
- project,
- road map,
- scheme,
- system
Examples of strategy in a Sentence
They are proposing a new strategy for treating the disease with a combination of medications.
The government is developing innovative strategies to help people without insurance get medical care.
a specialist in campaign strategy
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Recent Examples on the Web But since then, a strict but simple strategy of isolation, masks and hand-washing has been strikingly successful at keeping the virus out of the ranks.
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Dave Philipps, chicagotribune.com, "New virus, old enemy," 17 Nov. 2020 But since then, a strict but simple strategy of isolation, masks and handwashing has been strikingly successful at keeping the virus out of the ranks.
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Dave Philipps, New York Times, "New Virus, Old Enemy," 16 Nov. 2020 State officials said in a legislative hearing late last month in Frankfort that unemployment workers have reverted to a previous strategy of focusing on the oldest claims.
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Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, "About 78,000 backlogged Kentucky unemployment claims remain," 13 Nov. 2020 Revitalizing neighborhoods requires a coordinated strategy of training the workforce, improving housing, recruiting businesses and fighting crime.
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Haru Coryne, ProPublica, "Disinvested: How Government and Private Industry Let the Main Street of a Black Neighborhood Crumble," 11 Nov. 2020 The conventional strategy of making more powerful chips by making transistors smaller is becoming more difficult to sustain because the devices are already measured in nanometers.
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Tom Simonite, Wired, "With Its Own Chips, Apple Aims to Define the Future of PCs," 10 Nov. 2020 This broach-no-compromise obstructionism has been the strategy of congressional Republicans since the mid-1990s.
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Washington Post, "Forget McConnell. Forget Pelosi. In a divided Congress, Biden needs to build his own coalition.," 9 Nov. 2020 The strategy of casting doubt on the validity of the results was sketched out months ago by the Trump campaign.
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Daniela Altimari, courant.com, "Justin Clark is the Connecticut native leading the legal assault on election results in states where Joe Biden is leading; the strategy aims to stop the counting of votes," 7 Nov. 2020 Yet through it all, Trump kept returning to a faulty strategy of trying to wish, tweet and riff away the deadly virus.
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Author: Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Matt Viser, Anchorage Daily News, "Trump’s defeat was shaped by same instincts that boosted him in 2016," 7 Nov. 2020
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More Definitions for strategy
strategy
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of strategy
: a careful plan or method for achieving a particular goal usually over a long period of time
: the skill of making or carrying out plans to achieve a goal
See the full definition for strategy in the English Language Learners Dictionary
strategy
nounstrat·e·gy | \ ˈstra-tə-jē \
\ plural strategies
Kids Definition of strategy
: a carefully developed plan or method for achieving a goal or the skill in developing and undertaking such a plan or method
We learned strategies for improving business.
strategy
nounstrat·e·gy | \ ˈstrat-ə-jē \
\ plural strategies
Medical Definition of strategy
: 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
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The first known use of strategy was in 1779
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