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real-time strategy

real-time strategy noun: a warfare video game genre usually played from a third-person overhead perspective, which is based on the real-time movement of troops.

Noun

real-time strategy (uncountable)

  1. A warfare video game genre usually played from a third-person overhead perspective, which is based on the real-time movement of troops.
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Questions about real-time strategy

What does real-time strategy mean?
Real-time strategy means a warfare video game genre usually played from a third-person overhead perspective, which is based on the real-time movement of troops.
What part of speech is real-time strategy?
Real-time strategy is a noun.

Words near real-time strategy in the dictionary

  1. real-ly
  2. real-person fiction
  3. real-time
  4. real-time attack
  5. real-time attacks
  6. real-time strategy
  7. real-timely
  8. real-valued
  9. real-world
  10. real-world time
  11. real-worlder

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