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/ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ/ · noun
(uncountable) The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare..
“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”
Oftentimes, the very simple strategies pay very great dividends.
Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.
Use strategy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Strategy means (uncountable) The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare..
Common synonyms include generalship, scheme.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”
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