strategy
/ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“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."
- "Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *str̥tós Proto-Hellenic *strətós Ancient Greek στρατός (stratós) Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Hellenic *ágō Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek στρᾰτηγός (strătēgós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgía)bor. Latin stratēgiader. English strategy Derived from Latin stratēgia, 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”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: stratēgia, στρατηγία
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒi/
- British English: /ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ/