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{ "term": "strategy", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "academic": true, "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a plan that is intended to achieve a particular purpose", "sensetop": "strategy for doing somethingstrategy to do something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "the government’s economic strategy" }, { "text": "We need to devise **an effective** long-term **strategy**." }, { "text": "Often, individuals employ multiple **coping strategies** because one particular strategy is not sufficient" }, { "text": "to **adopt/implement/pursue a strategy**" }, { "text": "to **develop a strategy** for dealing with unemployment", "contextForm": "strategy for doing something" }, { "text": "It's all part of an overall strategy to gain promotion.", "contextForm": "strategy to do something" }, { "text": "A coherent strategy for getting more people back to work needs to be developed." }, { "text": "He pretended that resigning was part of his long-term career strategy." }, { "text": "Her rudeness was a deliberate strategy to provoke him." }, { "text": "It is certainly a strategy worth exploring." }, { "text": "The charity is drawing up a strategy to meet the needs of homeless people." }, { "text": "The committee drew up a draft strategy for dealing with future floods." }, { "text": "The company adopted aggressive marketing strategies to sell its products." }, { "text": "The company will now focus its strategy on its core business areas." }, { "text": "The company's financial strategy is not working." }, { "text": "The document sets out the government's new strategy." }, { "text": "The government has employed a dual strategy to achieve these two objectives." }, { "text": "The money is earmarked for the development of new product and sales strategies." }, { "text": "Their overall strategy is good, but one or two of the details could be improved." }, { "text": "Their single-minded pursuit of this controversial strategy led to their fall from power." }, { "text": "This strategy relies on property prices continuing to rise." }, { "text": "We all have different coping strategies for times of stress." }, { "text": "a comprehensive strategy towards regional development" }, { "text": "a customer-oriented business strategy" }, { "text": "a global marketing strategy" }, { "text": "a key strategy to increase sales" }, { "text": "a strategy aimed at reducing the risk of accidents" }, { "text": "resource management strategies" }, { "text": "the key idea in their strategy" }, { "text": "the party's strategy on poverty" }, { "text": "to develop an effective strategy for change" }, { "text": "As a business strategy, this is unlikely to work." }, { "text": "The government has developed a strategy for dealing with regional unemployment." }, { "text": "Their overall strategy is quite good, but they need to change some of the details." }, { "text": "What strategies will you use to achieve this goal?" }, { "text": "New product development strategies were presented to the committee." }, { "text": "This has been part of the Democratic Party campaign strategy." }, { "text": "Marketing techniques used to implement the strategies are provided." }, { "text": "They are trying to devise a strategy for preventing the disease." }, { "text": "Make good communications a key part of your strategy for success." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["effective", "good", "sound"], "verb + strategy": ["have", "design", "develop"], "strategy + verb": [ "be based on something", "be aimed at something", "be designed to do something" ], "strategy + noun": ["development", "formulation", "meeting"], "preposition": ["in a/the strategy", "strategy for", "strategy on"], "phrases": [ "a change in strategy", "the adoption of a strategy", "the development of a strategy" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the process of planning something or putting a plan into operation", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Poor **marketing strategy** was blamed for the failure of the service to catch on." }, { "text": "The coming year may herald a change in strategy for major publishers." }, { "text": "The committee is meeting today in Washington to plot strategy." }, { "text": "They called a meeting to discuss investment strategy." } ], "topics": ["Business"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["effective", "good", "sound"], "verb + strategy": ["have", "design", "develop"], "strategy + verb": [ "be based on something", "be aimed at something", "be designed to do something" ], "strategy + noun": ["development", "formulation", "meeting"], "preposition": ["in a/the strategy", "strategy for", "strategy on"], "phrases": [ "a change in strategy", "the adoption of a strategy", "the development of a strategy" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the skill of planning the movements of armies in a battle or war; an example of doing this", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "military strategy" }, { "text": "defence strategies" }, { "text": "They're pursuing a strategy of massive retaliation." }, { "text": "a strategy game set during the Civil War" }, { "text": "Agreeing to meet the rebels is obviously a high-risk strategy." }, { "text": "The army's strategy and tactics were highly aggressive." } ], "topics": ["War and conflict"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["effective", "good", "sound"], "verb + strategy": ["have", "design", "develop"], "strategy + verb": [ "be based on something", "be aimed at something", "be designed to do something" ], "strategy + noun": ["development", "formulation", "meeting"], "preposition": ["in a/the strategy", "strategy for", "strategy on"], "phrases": [ "a change in strategy", "the adoption of a strategy", "the development of a strategy" ] } } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈstrætədʒi/", "audio": "st/strategy/strategy__gb_3.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈstrætədʒi/", "audio": "st/strategy/strategy__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from French stratégie, from Greek stratēgia ‘generalship’, from stratēgos, from stratos ‘army’ + agein ‘to lead’." }