strategic English · revision 5214

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1807|origins=grc στρατηγός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/, /strætˈiː.dʒɪk/, US /strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|stratégique]] and directly from a Latinized form of [[grc|στρατηγικός|tr=stratēgikós|t=of or for a general]],^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966)^(SOED 2002) from [[m|grc|στρατηγός|tr=stratēgós|t=commander of an army]].^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966)^(MWU 2024) It is related to [[strategy]] and [[stratagem]].^(Klein 1966)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Relating to strategy, useful or important in strategy: 1807 in Etymonline, 1825 in the OED and MWU.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of nuclear weapons intended to destroy an enemy's ability to make war, it is from 1957,^(OED 1989) and of materials essential to a country for fighting a war, from 1958.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) ''Strategic bombing'' is from 1961 in the OED.^(OED 1989) More loosely, it means simply important, or involving careful planning towards an advantage.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1807 – relating to strategy.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1957 – of nuclear weapons.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1958 – of war materials.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to [[strategy]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Important or essential to a plan or goal.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of weapons or attacks, aimed at an enemy's homeland and its ability to make war rather than at the [[battlefield]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[strategically]]

+ * [[strategical]]

+ * [[unstrategic]]

+ * [[nonstrategic]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[strategy]]

+ * [[stratagem]]

+ * [[strategist]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}