strategize

[strat-i-jahyz]

verb (used without object), strat·e·gized, strat·e·giz·ing.

to make up or determine strategy; plan.

Also especially British, strat·e·gise.

Origin of strategize

First recorded in 1970–75; strateg(y) + -ize

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Word Origin and History for strategising

strategize

v.

1943, American English, from strategy + -ize. Related: Strategized; strategizing.

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