English > strategy: 2 senses > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | An elaborate and systematic plan of action. |
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| Synonym | scheme |
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| Narrower | contrivance, stratagem, dodge | An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived / contrived to deceive or evade |
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| counterterrorism | A strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism |
| game plan | (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport |
| game plan | (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs |
| house of cards, bubble | A speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control |
| incentive program, incentive scheme | A formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something |
| playbook | A scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign |
| plot, secret plan, game | A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) |
| pyramid scheme | A fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit |
| waiting game | A strategy of delay |
| wheeze | (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick |
| Broader | plan of action | A plan for actively doing something |
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| Spanish | estrategia, plan de acción, plan, táctica |
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| Catalan | estratègia, pla d'acció, pla, tàctica |
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| Adjectives | strategic, strategical | relating to or concerned with strategy |
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| Nouns | strategist | an expert in strategy (especially in warfare) |
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