How to spell strategy

hear itstrat·e·gy/'strætɪdʒi/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A plan to achieve a goal.

In a sentence: We need a good strategy to win the game.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as stragedy or strategey.

Same family: strategic, strategically, strategist, strategize, plan. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Strategy” comes from the Greek word “strategia,” which originally meant the art of leading an army. Over time, its meaning expanded from military planning to any careful plan for success in business, games, politics, and everyday life.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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