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strategy

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"Overall plan"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ/Part of speech nounSorted aegrsttyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an elaborate and systematic plan of action

Word origin

From Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgía, “office of general, command, generalship”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratós, “army”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to lead, conduct”).

Used in a sentence

  • “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”
  • Oftentimes, the very simple strategies pay very great dividends.

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