Strategic
//stɹəˈti.d͡ʒɪk// adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to strategy.
- 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 highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war wordnet
- 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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