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# strategic

«strategic» in Mova's school dictionary: **carefully planned to reach a goal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (strategic, more strategic, most strategic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Strategic means carefully planned to reach a goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategic/#m1)

2) Strategic means important for winning a war, game or plan: a strategic place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In games and sport: a strategic move in chess, a strategic plan. In history: a castle at a strategic point by a river. In maths problem solving: choosing a strategic method. Phrases: strategic plan, strategic position, strategic thinking.

### examples

- The castle was built in a strategic spot on the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategic/#x1)
- She made a strategic move and won the chess game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategic/#x2)
- The team had a strategic plan for the second half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategic/#x3)
- Bridges were strategic targets in the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategic/#x4)
- We put the buckets in strategic places to catch the drips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategic/#x5)
- Good maths is often strategic: pick the easiest way first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategic/#x6)

### note

Noun: strategy; adverb: strategically. Pronounced stra-TEE-jik. Related: tactic (one small move), strategy (the big plan).

### In the corpora

- ["Strategic withdrawal" is the official way to say an army retreated.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/16/)
- ["Strategic misrepresentation" means deliberate lying to win approval, for example hiding a project's real cost.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «strategic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.