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strategics

[ struh-tee-jiks ]
/ strəˈti dʒɪks /

noun (used with a singular verb)

strategy(def 1).

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Words nearby strategics

stratagem, stratal, strategic, strategic air command, strategic arms limitation talks, strategics, strategist, strategize, strategy, strategy/tactics, stratford

Origin of strategics

First recorded in 1850–55; see origin at strategic, -ics
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Examples from the Web for strategics

  • And all these proposals, based on strategics and tactics, contradict each other.

    War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy

  • Is it dramatic to make Cyrus speak in this way as if he were lecturing a class on strategics?

    Cyropaedia|Xenophon

  • The ants in one garden were excessively agitated, no doubt disconcerted in their strategics.

    Astronomy for Amateurs|Camille Flammarion

British Dictionary definitions for strategics

strategics
/ (strəˈtiːdʒɪks) /

noun

(functioning as singular) strategy, esp in a military sense
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012