Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.
- noun The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of large-scale combat operations.
- noun A plan of action resulting from strategy or intended to accomplish a specific goal. synonym: plan.
- noun The art or skill of using stratagems in endeavors such as politics and business.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of combining and employing the means which the different branches of the art of war afford, for the purpose of forming projects of operations and of directing great military movements; the art of moving troops so as to be enabled either to dispense with a battle or to deliver one with the greatest advantage and with the most decisive results; generalship. ; ;
- noun The use of artifice, finesse, or stratagem for the carrying out of any project.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.
- noun The use of stratagem or artifice.
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- noun The
science andart ofmilitary command asapplied to theoverall planning andconduct ofwarfare . - noun A
plan ofaction intended toaccomplish aspecific goal . - noun The art of using
similar techniques inpolitics orbusiness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war
- noun an elaborate and systematic plan of action
Etymologies
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Examples
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The goal of this ploy the term strategy does not apply here is not to improve odds of winning, but instead to create a safety net for “Rusty”—the player who claims to be “out of practice” and who predicts his own defeat.
THE OFFICIAL ROCK PAPER SCISSORS STRATEGY GUIDE DOUGLAS WALKER 2004
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The goal of this ploy the term strategy does not apply here is not to improve odds of winning, but instead to create a safety net for “Rusty”—the player who claims to be “out of practice” and who predicts his own defeat.
THE OFFICIAL ROCK PAPER SCISSORS STRATEGY GUIDE DOUGLAS WALKER 2004
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Thus, we shall use the term strategy formation in the rest of this book, not because strategies have to be purely emergent but simply to allow for the fact that they can be, or, more realistically, almost inevitably partially are.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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Thus, we shall use the term strategy formation in the rest of this book, not because strategies have to be purely emergent but simply to allow for the fact that they can be, or, more realistically, almost inevitably partially are.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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While no major change in strategy is expected in December, critics could use the latest assessments to argue that the continued investment of American resources and lives is misguided, particularly when the main impediment to progress that analysts cite is beyond American control.
Taliban unscathed by U.S. strikes Greg Miller 2010
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While no major change in strategy is expected in December, critics could use the latest assessments to argue that the continued investment of American resources and lives is misguided, particularly when the main impediment to progress that analysts cite is beyond American control.
U.S. military campaign to topple resilient Taliban hasn't succeeded Greg Miller 2010
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This weird Palin strategy is right out of the Rove\Repub play book.
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But, according to the same Washington Post report, "no major change in strategy is expected in December."
Robert Naiman: Is the Pentagon Deliberately "Degrading" Afghanistan's Capacity for Peace? Robert Naiman 2010
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But, according to the same Washington Post report, "no major change in strategy is expected in December."
Robert Naiman: Is the Pentagon Deliberately "Degrading" Afghanistan's Capacity for Peace? Robert Naiman 2010
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The Bush-McCain strategy is a bandaid approach which ultimately does more harm than good.
Iraq Veteran Takes On McCain In New Ad - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division jointly launched a public inquiry to identify serial acquisitions and roll-up strategies throughout the economy that have led to consolidation that has harmed competition.In a joint Request for Information, the agencies are seeking information from the public on serial acquisitions and roll-up strategies, which are corporate consolidation strategies that occur when a company becomes larger—and potentially dominant—by buying several smaller firms in the same or related business sectors or industries
FTC and DOJ Seek Info on Serial Acquisitions, Roll-Up Strategies Across U.S. Economy Henry Liu, Director of the Bureau of Competition 2024
oroboros commented on the word strategy
Let’s play a game. We’ll each name three consecutive outcomes of a coin toss (for example, tails-heads-heads, or THH). Then we’ll flip a coin repeatedly until one of our chosen runs appears. That player wins.
Is there any strategy you can take to improve your chance of beating me? Strangely, there is. When I’ve named my triplet (say, HTH), take the complement of the center symbol and add it to the beginning, and then discard the last symbol (here yielding HHT). This new triplet will be more likely to appear than mine.
The remarkable thing is that this always works. No matter what triplet I pick, this method will always produce a triplet that is more likely to appear than mine. It was discovered by Barry Wolk of the University of Manitoba, building on a discovery by Walter Penney.
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October 9, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word strategy
Well, okay--I'll play. I pick HTH.
October 10, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word strategy
HHT.
*Tosses coin*
October 10, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word strategy
H.
October 10, 2010
qroqqa commented on the word strategy
The reason this works is that the second player beats the first to whatever sequence the first chooses. If the first chose HTH, that begins HT, so any second-player strategy XHT has a 1 in 2 chance of winning one round before HTH comes up. (Rather than the naive 1 in 8 chance of waiting for one or the other triple to turn up.)
You choose your X to make sure it's not symmetric: that the first player hasn't got the same advantage over your sequence. Their choice ends in TH, so you mustn't let yours begin with that. So choose HHT, not THT.
October 10, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word strategy
It's your turn.
October 10, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word strategy
T.
October 11, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word strategy
T.
October 11, 2010