noun · neutral
strategy
/ˈstrætədʒi/STRAT·e·gy
a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim
Examples
“Time-management strategies help students finish essays on time.”
“The team's game strategy focused on quick counter-attacks.”
“You should have a revision strategy before exam week.”
Band 8 sentence
“Our strategy for reducing obesity in the city combined public education, subsidies for healthy food, and improved cycling infrastructure.”
Collocations
- develop a strategy
- long-term strategy
- game strategy
Word family
Common mistakes
make a strategy→develop/plan a strategy
strategy for study→strategy for studying / study strategy
Say it for a higher band
5plan→6approach→7+strategy
Synonyms
plan
tactic
Easily confused
plan
“I have a plan to revise every chapter this month.”
tactic
“Their tactic was to press high up the pitch in the first half.”
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