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# strategy

«strategy» in Mova's school dictionary: **a plan for reaching a goal, especially a clever plan made…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a strategy, strategies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A strategy is a plan for reaching a goal, especially a clever plan made carefully ahead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategy/#m1)

2) Strategy is the skill of planning, for example in games, sport or war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons pupils learn «strategies» for solving problems and doing sums: counting on, using doubles, drawing a picture, making a list, working backwards. In reading, teachers teach «reading strategies» such as predicting and rereading. In sport and board games like chess, «strategy» means planning several moves ahead. Phrases: «a good strategy», «a strategy for», «strategy game».

### examples

- What strategy did you use to solve the problem? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategy/#x1)
- One strategy for adding 9 is to add 10 and take away 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategy/#x2)
- Our team needs a better strategy to win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategy/#x3)
- Chess is a game of strategy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategy/#x4)
- Drawing a diagram is a useful strategy in maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategy/#x5)
- Her strategy was to save a little money every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategy/#x6)
- The general planned a strategy for the battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strategy/#x7)

### note

Plural: strategies (y → ies). Adjective: strategic. «Strategy» is the big plan; «tactics» are the small steps used to carry it out. Stress on the first syllable: STRA-te-gy.

### In the corpora

- [In a strategy game, think, but do not keep everyone waiting too long.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/22/)
- [In a strategy game, take time to think but do not keep everyone waiting too long; some games use a timer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/327-toy-age-labels-cords-card-games-and-crafts/10/)
- [Leo, in his strategy game: «lol my tribe invented farming on turn 5, ez».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline/0/)
- [A strategy game that passes 50 years in 60 real minutes passes a bit less than one year every real minute.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags/20/)
- [In Monopoly the brown streets are the cheapest and earn the least rent; a strategy is tested over many games, not one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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