strategic military decision
- noun
- Specialized
:
decisión militar estratégica
- The general's strategic military decision changed the course of the campaign.
Examples
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The general made a crucial strategic military decision during the battle.
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Making a strategic military decision requires careful consideration of risks and potential gains.
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History students analyzed each strategic military decision made during the conflict.
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Many strategic military decisions were made in the planning stages.
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Making a strategic military decision requires careful consideration of risks and potential gains.
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The general's strategic military decision changed the course of the campaign.
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Many strategic military decisions were made in the planning stages.
How Strategic
- Specialized
811
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
strategic + military + decision
The phrase's meaning is directly and predictably composed from 'strategic' (relating to planning), 'military' (relating to the armed forces), and 'decision' (a choice), so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it refers to a planned choice in a military context. This adjective + noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English syntax, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Strategic military decision comes from the image of military leaders moving troops like pieces on a board. It means a careful decision made with a long strategic plan to get a 'military advantage', so it is a 'planned choice' in war.