strategetic

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UK/stɹatəˈdʒɛtɪk/

adjective

Strategic.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivestrategetic (comparative more strategetic, superlative most strategetic)

comparative more strategetic · superlative most strategetic

  1. archaicStrategic.First known use 19th c.

    This line must have immense strategetic importance to Turkey, since it guards against possible Serbian aggression.

    1872, Elodie Lawton Mijatović, The History of Modern Serbia, page 258
    2 more examples

    The importance of having these great strategetic points fortified has been demonstrated by scientific gentlemen conversant with these subjects.

    1847, J. D. B. De Bow, Commercial Review of the South and West, page 261

    He […] entertained an idea that Cairo was the nucleus or pivot of all really strategetic movements in this terrible national struggle.

    1862, Anthony Trollope, North America

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

Functionally strategy + -etic, rendering στρατηγητικός (stratēgētikós), a rare variant of στρατηγικός (stratēgikós) (whence the more common English word strategic).

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Chicago

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