Strategic

//stɹəˈti.d͡ʒɪk// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to strategy.
  2. 2
    Of or relating to military operations that are more large-scale or long-range than local or tactical ones.

    "a strategic nuclear weapon"

Adjective
  1. 1
    highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to or concerned with strategy wordnet

Example

More examples

"Some strategic panning helped his mixes sound fuller."

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”).

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