Strategic
[strə'tiːdʒɪk] or [strə'tidʒɪk]
Definition
(adj.) highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war; 'a strategic chess move'; 'strategic withdrawal'; 'strategic bombing missions' .
(adj.) relating to or concerned with strategy; 'strategic weapon'; 'the islands are of strategic importance'; 'strategic considerations' .
Edited by Flo--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Strategical
Typist: Phil
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Strategetic, strategetical.
Checker: Zachariah
Examples
- It was the great strategic position at the West between the Tennessee and the Mississippi rivers and between Nashville and Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Corinth was a valuable strategic point for the enemy to hold, and consequently a valuable one for us to possess ourselves of. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The possession of Corinth by the National troops was of strategic importance, but the victory was barren in every other particular. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It had no strategic foresight, because it was blankly ignorant of geography and ethnology. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Rebel armies now are the only strategic points to strike at. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Moreover, all the powers fought tooth and nail at the Conference for strategic frontiers--the ugliest symptom of all. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Why should a state want a strategic frontier unless it contemplates war? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Cornelius Scipio, had the strategic sense to take a course that robbed all Hannibal's victories of fruit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The strategic importance of the canal is inestimable from a monetary standpoint. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Garrisons of full citizens were set up at strategic points, and colonies with variable privileges established amidst the purely conquered peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Zachariah