Words / B1

STRAT-uh-jee/ˈstrætədʒi/

A strategy is a plan for achieving something, often longer-term. A marketing / exam strategy; develop a strategy. A plan can be simple; a tactic is a smaller move inside the strategy; a method is how you do one task. Strategic is the adjective. Strategically is the adverb. Exit strategy appears in news English.

Meaning

A plan for achieving something.

Examples

• “We need a strategy for learning verbs.”
• “We need a clear strategy for cutting waste.”
• “Her strategy was to practise a little every day.”

Good to know

develop / a marketing strategy. Smaller move: tactic. Simple word: plan. Adjective: strategic.

Near in meaning

plan

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