strategic
Of or pertaining to strategy.
Adjective 2 meanings
Of or pertaining to strategy.
Of or relating to military operations that are more large-scale or long-range than local or tactical ones.
“a strategic nuclear weapon”
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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STRATEGIC at a glance
STRATEGIC has 9 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + R 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1 + G 2 + I 1 + C 3) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,388 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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