strategize

[strat-i-jahyz]

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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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Related Words for strategized

accomplish, achieve, arrange, blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, construct, contrive, create, delineate, describe, devise, diagram, draft, draw, effect, execute, fashion, form

Examples from the Web for strategized

Contemporary Examples of strategized

We sat in a tiny pizzeria in Milan and strategized about how to turn my curves into a curveball.
Tyra Banks’s Open Letter to Models: ‘Vogue’ to Ban Images of Anorexia
Tyra Banks
May 15, 2012
Agassi strategized to make the lithium ion batteries able to be charged at home and work for up to 90 miles.
The New Frontier of Electric Cars
Jacquelynn D. Powers
August 10, 2010

Word Origin and History for strategized

strategize

v.

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper