strategic
/stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/
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India/ˈsʈræː.ʈe.dʒɪk/
strategic adjective: of or pertaining to strategy.
Adjective
strategic (comparative more strategic, superlative most strategic)
- Of or pertaining to strategy.
- Synonyms:
- strategical, strategetic, strategetical
- Of or relating to military operations that are more large-scale or long-range than local or tactical ones.
- a strategic nuclear weapon
- a strategic bomber aircraft
strategic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
strategic in Hindi
- of or pertaining to strategy
- सामरिक sāmrik
strategic in Tamil
- மூலோபாய, உத்திநோக்கு, உத்திப்பூர்வ
strategic in Marathi
- धोरणात्मक
strategic in Urdu
- of or pertaining to strategy
- تدبیری tadbīrī
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- strategic in Bengali
- সৈনাপত্যপূর্ণ
- strategic in Telugu
- వ్యూహాత్మక vyūhātmaka
- strategic in Malayalam
- സമരതന്ത്രപരമായ, പ്രധാനമായ
- strategic in Kannada
- ವ್ಯೂಹಾತ್ಮಕ
- strategic in Punjabi
- ਰਣਨੀਤਕ
- strategic in Gujarati
- વ્યૂહાત્મક, વ્યૂહરચનાત્મક
- strategic in Odia
- ରଣନୈତିକ
- strategic in Nepali
- रणनीतिक
- strategic in Arabic
- إِسْتِرَاتِيجِيّ ʔistirātījiyy
- strategic in Malay
- strategik
- strategic in Indonesian
- strategis
- strategic in Persian
- راهبردی râhbordi, استراتژیک esterâtežik, سوقالجیشی sowq-ol-jeyši
- strategic in Thai
- ยุทธศาสตร์ yút-tá-sàat
Examples of strategic in a sentence
- The importance of lithium-ion batteries makes lithium a potentially strategic natural resource.
- The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role.
- Nonfighting members of the armed forces have important strategic and logistical roles.
Synonyms of strategic
Forms of strategic
| comparative | more strategic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most strategic |
Origin of strategic
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”).
Words formed from strategic
- antistrategic
- bistrategic
- counterstrategic
- cyberstrategic
- e-strategic
- geostrategic
- metastrategic
- multistrategic
- nonstrategic
- prestrategic
- strategical
- strategically
- strategic competence
- strategic depth
- strategic management
- strategic material
- strategicness
- strategic pluralism
- strategic submarine
- strategic warning
- substrategic
- technostrategic
- unstrategic
Phrases with strategic
Words that rhyme with strategic
Questions about strategic
- What does strategic mean?
- Strategic means of or pertaining to strategy.
- What is strategic in Hindi?
- Strategic in Hindi is सामरिक (sāmrik). See Strategic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is strategic?
- Strategic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce strategic?
- Strategic is pronounced /stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/.
Words near strategic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: strategic (page history and authors); strategic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strategic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); strategic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strategic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strategic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); strategic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); strategic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); strategic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); strategic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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