strategics

1 9.9

Planning and leading large military actions during a war

noun
/strəˈtɛdʒɪks/

Specialized

: estrategia

Effective strategics can determine the outcome of a battle through careful planning.

Examples

We here at Site Strategics are looking at our radio shows that we have done over the last 8 months and reflecting on the issues we discussed.

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The general focused on the best strategics to ensure a successful campaign.
In military academies, students learn the various strategics involved in warfare.

Synonyms

strategy

vsstrategics

Specialized

50 6.1

A plan for using armed forces in a war

emphasizes the study and skill of planning overall operations rather than execution

How High-Level

grand scheme

23 5.1

strategics

Specialized

1 9.9

operations

Specialized

1 6.3

tactics

250 3.5

Surface Forms

strategics singular

strategics plural

Morphology

strategics = strategy (semi-transparent) = strategy + ics

Formed from 'strategy' + the discipline-forming suffix '-ics' (meaning 'the study/field of strategy'), but the '-ics' pattern and the orthographic change (y→i) may not be fully obvious to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

The word strategics comes from the Greek strategos, 'army leader', which comes from stratos, 'army', and it shares the same root as strategy. Think of a leader planning moves for an army, and you will see why strategics means the art or study of planning and directing military operations.