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strategic

/stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
strate-gic
IPA
/stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to strategy.

adj

Of or relating to military operations that are more large-scale or long-range than local or tactical ones.

Example Sentences

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”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more strategic (comparative) most strategic (superlative)

Derived Forms

antistrategic bistrategic counterstrategic cyberstrategic geostrategic metastrategic multistrategic nonstrategic prestrategic strategical strategically strategicness

Phrases

e-strategic strategic competence strategic depth strategic management strategic material strategic pluralism strategic submarine strategic warning

Synonyms

strategical strategetic strategetical

Rhymes With

quadriplegic dziedzic nonstrategic paraplegic

Questions

How do you pronounce strategic?
The recorded pronunciation is /stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/.
What does strategic mean?
Of or pertaining to strategy.
Where does strategic come from?
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”).

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