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Mina’s strategy was to read every question before answering.
What does Strategy mean?
A strategy is a carefully chosen plan for reaching a goal.
Dictionary definition
A strategy is a carefully chosen plan or way of acting to reach a goal, especially when choices, obstacles, or other people’s actions must be considered; strategy can also mean the skill of making such plans, including long-range planning in business, politics, sports, games, or military affairs.
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Strategy in a sentence
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The soccer team changed its strategy when the other side began defending more closely.
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Breaking an unfamiliar word into parts is one useful reading strategy.
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The organization’s long-term strategy connects its goals with the people, time, and money needed to reach them.
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In military use, strategy guides broad goals and the large-scale use of resources over time.
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Practice 1
What does strategy mean in ‘Our strategy has three ways to reach the goal’ ?
Here, strategy names an organized plan that guides choices toward a goal.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses strategy to mean the skill of planning rather than one particular plan?
In this sentence, strategy means skill in planning choices during the game.
Practice 3
Choose the best word: The team’s overall ____ was to protect its lead, while one tactic was to slow the pace.
Strategy fits the broad plan; a tactic is one specific action used within that plan.
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WordStrategy.
Partnoun.
MeaningStrategy means A strategy is a carefully chosen plan for reaching a goal.
ExampleExample: Mina’s strategy was to read every question before answering.
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- strat · uh · jee
- Strongest beat
- strat
- Ending
- jee
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on strat.
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Synonyms
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planThe closest everyday match when strategy means an organized way to reach a goal; strategy often emphasizes choices made around obstacles or changing conditions.
approachClose when strategy means a general way of dealing with a task or problem.
methodClose when strategy means an organized way of doing something, though a method may be a repeatable procedure rather than a broad plan.
Antonym review
Does Strategy have an opposite?
Strategy has no single direct opposite. Improvisation, guesswork, or acting without a plan may contrast in particular situations, but each can also be part of a strategy and none is a general antonym.
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Word family
Strategy word family
Base word
strategy
noun
strategies
The plural form of strategy. The final y changes to ies.
adjective
strategic
Connected with a strategy or important to achieving a larger goal.
adverb
strategically
In a way that supports a strategy or larger goal.
noun
strategist
A person skilled in developing strategies.
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Hint for students
Look for a goal and a carefully chosen way to reach it. Strategy often matters when there are obstacles, choices, or changing conditions.
Common mix-up
Strategy and plan overlap, but strategy usually explains the broad approach and important choices. A tactic is a more specific action used as part of a strategy. Strategy can also be uncountable when it means skill in planning, as in ‘a game of strategy.’
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Give groups the same goal, such as protecting an ice cube from melting. Ask each group to state its strategy, list two tactics within it, predict an obstacle, and explain how the strategy could adapt.
Teacher prompt
Compare a plan, a strategy, and a tactic for the same goal. Which word names the broad choices, and which names one specific action?
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