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DictionaryRoot: stratēgos
Greek

stratēgos

general; army commander

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A three-stage flood-protection plan: planners organize linked defenses for a vulnerable town, construction follows their layout, and the completed system protects the town during a later flood.
adjective

strategic

struh-TEE-jik/strəˈtiːdʒɪk/

Planned to achieve an important goal or advantage.

Etymology
strategGreekgeneral; army commander
+icGreekconnected with or characteristic of

Originally describing what belonged to a general or was fitted for command, strategic carries military planning into broader life. It now describes planning directed toward an important long-term goal.

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