STRATEGY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of strategy in English strategynoun uk /ˈstræt.ə.dʒi/ us /ˈstræt̬.ə.dʒi/ Add to word list Add to word list B2 [ C or U ] a detailed plan for achieving success in situations such as war, politics, business, industry, or sport, or the skill of planning for such situations: The president held an emergency meeting to discuss military strategy with the Pentagon yesterday. Their marketing strategy for the product involves obtaining as much free publicity as possible. [ + to infinitive ] We're working on new strategies to improve our share of the market. [ C ] a way of doing something or dealing with something: Follow this strategy for avoiding minor mistakes. We offer a group therapy session that teaches coping strategies.

• We need to decide soon what marketing strategy we should pursue for these new products.
• The opposition parties have so far failed to set out an alternative strategy.
• I think it's time to adopt a different strategy in my dealings with him.
• This strategy could cause more problems than it solves.
• We have a strategy for deciding who we pick.
• There are opportunities to develop vital skills and learning strategies that can be applied across the school curriculum.

Plans and arrangements

• accommodation
• appointed
• arrangement
• arranger
• backstop
• blueprint
• counter-tactic
• design
• done
• exit strategy
• formulation
• lock
• master plan
• non-programme
• package deal
• party line
• plan of action
• planning
• preparation
• walk-in

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Ways of achieving things (Definition of strategy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

strategy | American Dictionary

strategynoun [ C/U ] us /ˈstræt̬·ə·dʒi/ Add to word list Add to word list a long-range plan for achieving something or reaching a goal, or the skill of making such plans: [ U ] Chess is a game that requires strategy.

strategic

adjective us /strəˈti·dʒɪk/ The hill was of strategic importance for control of the countryside.

strategically

adverb us /strəˈti·dʒɪk·li/ The cameras are strategically placed in areas with the most criminal activity. (Definition of strategy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

strategy | Business English

strategynoun [ C or U ]   MANAGEMENT uk /ˈstrætədʒi/ us plural strategies Add to word list Add to word list the way in which a business, government, or other organization carefully plans its actions over a period of time to improve its position and achieve what it wants: Business environments and strategies are constantly changing in response to economic and financial variables. She redefined how companies think about strategy. The group's report represents a fundamental change in strategy.a strategy for doing sth How has the slowdown in the current business cycle affected your strategy for growing the business?a strategy for sth The company president has mapped out a strategy for sustainable growth in the 21st century.a strategy of sth The group's strategy of overseas diversification helped it overcome tough conditions at home.a strategy of doing sth The airline is now reaping the rewards from its strategy of cutting seat numbers and focusing on higher-paying business passengers.develop/design/produce a strategy Companies must develop strategies for adapting their brands to changing trends in the marketplace.outline/formulate/identify a strategy In order to expand your e-business operations, you need to formulate a clear strategy.work on/work out/come up with a strategy CEOs and top government officials should try to come up with a strategy for economic development that isn't simply a series of short-term political payoffs.pursue/follow a strategy They are pursuing a strategy of acquisitions to spread their third-generation mobile technology beyond the domestic marketa long-term/overall strategy Pricing is only one element of an overall strategy to curb congestion. a good/successful/winning strategy an expansion/growth/acquisition strategy marketing/management/investment strategies sales/pricing strategies See also business strategy competitive strategy corporate strategy extension strategy global strategy harvesting strategy operating strategy Porter's generic strategies pull strategy push strategy (Definition of strategy from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of strategy

strategy Each of the three players is now free to believe that the other two players are correlating their strategy choices. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this way the equilibrium can be seen to fix the strategies of the players. From the Cambridge English Corpus The players do not need to know anything about each other except the actual strategies chosen in each round. From the Cambridge English Corpus In order for the equilibrium notion to do any work for the players, moreover, they should know each other's strategies. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, both players receive the highest payoff by both playing their first or second strategy. From the Cambridge English Corpus Research should also examine the way that child gender may influence the development and use of emotion regulation strategies in physically maltreated children. From the Cambridge English Corpus The phonetic analysis further bolstered the hypothesis that he added -ed endings according to a pseudo-suffixation strategy. From the Cambridge English Corpus Moreover, the usage of a purely mass-memory evaluation strategy improves previous deductive systems, eliminating, in practice, any limitation in the dimension of the input data. From the Cambridge English Corpus I interpret their findings to mean that parties are not necessarily punished for pursuing suboptimal strategies. From the Cambridge English Corpus Singularly lacking is a systematic, replicable method of identifying the strategies these parties pursue. From the Cambridge English Corpus Test excavations were conducted at 37 sites, each of which was selected by a stratified random sampling strategy. From the Cambridge English Corpus There were 1,666 records recovered through the search strategy mentioned above. From the Cambridge English Corpus Also, hybrid strategies applied to formation control could help to enhance formation control performance in some robotic tasks. From the Cambridge English Corpus We compare the parameter values for which there exists a strategy such that the process survives to the critical parameter of ordinary percolation. From the Cambridge English Corpus Truncated literature search strategies may often lead to uncertainty surrounding the conclusions of a review. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of strategy?

Translations of strategy

in Chinese (Traditional) 戰略, 策略, 計謀… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 战略, 策略, 计谋… See more in Spanish estrategia, estrategia [feminine, singular]… See more in Portuguese estratégia, estratégia [feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian डावपेच, तंत्र… See more 計略, 戦略, 戦略（せんりゃく）… See more strateji, plan, taktik… See more stratégie [feminine], stratégie… See more estratègia… See more strategie… See more போர், அரசியல், வணிகம்… See more (युद्ध, राजनीती, व्यापार… See more વ્યૂહરચના, કાર્ય નીતિ… See more strategi, handlingsplan… See more strategi… See more strategi… See more die Strategie… See more strategi [masculine], strategi… See more فن حرب, فوجی حکمتِ عملی, حکمتِ عملی… See more стратегія, оперативне мистецтво… See more వ్యూహం, ఒక దాన్ని చేసే విధానం లేక ఒక దానితో వ్యవహరించడం… See more কৌশল, সুপরিকল্পিত কর্মপদ্ধতি… See more strategie, taktika… See more strategi, taktik… See more ยุทธวิธี, กลยุทธ, แผนการ… See more chiến lược, sự vạch kế hoạch… See more strategia… See more 전략… See more strategia… See more Need a translator?

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