strategic

  • 1strategic — stra‧te‧gic [strəˈtiːdʒɪk] adjective done as part of a plan to gain an advantage or achieve a particular purpose: • There may be strategic advantages in manufacturers remaining separate from retailers. • We need to define our strategic goals. •… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2strategic — STRATÉGIC, Ă, strategici, ce, adj. Care ţine de strategie, privitor la strategie. ♢ Hartă strategică = hartă militară utilizată în conducerea războiului. ♦ (Despre locuri, drumuri, poziţii) Care are însemnătate pentru acţiunile militare de… …

    Dicționar Român

  • 3Strategic — Stra*te gic, Strategical Stra*te gic*al, a. [Gr. ? of or for a general: cf. F. strat[ e]gique.] Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. {Stra*te gic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] {Strategic line} (Mil.), a line joining strategic points …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4strategic — [strə tē′jik] adj. 1. of or having to do with strategy 2. characterized by sound strategy; favorable; advantageous 3. a) essential to effective military strategy ☆ b) operating or designed to operate directly against the military, industrial, etc …

    English World dictionary

  • 5strategic — [adj1] crucial cardinal, critical, decisive, imperative, important, key, necessary, vital; concepts 546,567 Ant. unimportant, unnecessary strategic [adj2] clever, calculated cunning, deliberate, diplomatic, dishonest, planned, politic, tricky;… …

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  • 6strategic — I adjective calculated, clever, consequential, contrived, critical, crucial, decisive, designed, diplomatic, diplomatical, important, key, momentous, planned, politic, pregnant, significant, strategical, tactical, telling, tricky, turning, vital …

    Law dictionary

  • 7strategic — (adj.) pertaining to strategy, 1825; see STRATEGY (Cf. strategy) + IC (Cf. ic). Related: Strategical; strategically …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 8strategic — tactical, logistic (see under STRATEGY) …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 9strategic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) forming part of a long term plan or aim to achieve a specific purpose. 2) relating to the gaining of overall or long term military advantage. 3) (of bombing or weapons) done or for use against industrial areas and communication… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 10strategic —    induced under pressure    The soldiers and propagandists pretend they meant it. Thus a strategic withdrawal is a flight:     We ve admitted a strategic withdrawal... the Jerries are coming hell for leather down the coast road. (Manning, 1965)… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms