STRATEGY


Meaning of STRATEGY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -jē ]

noun

( plural -gies )

Etymology: Greek stratēgia generalship, from stratēgos

Date: 1810

1.

a.

(1) : the science and art of employing the political, economic, psychological, and military forces of a nation or group of nations to afford the maximum support to adopted policies in peace or war

(2) : the science and art of military command exercised to meet the enemy in combat under advantageous conditions

b. : a variety of or instance of the use of strategy

2.

a. : a careful plan or method : a clever stratagem

b. : the art of devising or employing plans or stratagems toward a goal

3. : an adaptation or complex of adaptations (as of behavior, metabolism, or structure) that serves or appears to serve an important function in achieving evolutionary success

foraging strategies of insects

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.