strategyn.

Brit.

/ˈstratᵻdʒi/, U.S.

/ˈstrædədʒi/

Forms: 1600s– strategy, 1800s strategie.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek στρατηγία.

Etymology: < ancient Greek στρατηγία office or command of a general, generalship, (at Athens) office of a strategos, in Hellenistic Greek also province governed by a strategos < στρατηγός strategos n. + -ία -y suffix³. Compare classical Latin stratēgia administrative district, Middle French, French stratégie administrative district (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny; compare quot. 1601 at strategian n. 1), art of directing military movements (1803), and also German Strategie art of directing military movements (1782), art of planning for the moves of opposing parties more generally (1831), (in learned contexts also) office of a strategos (1869 in the passages translated in quots. 1869¹ and 1869² at sense 2). With sense I. compare strategos n. With sense 4 compare earlier strategics n.

†I. Ancient History. The office or command of a strategos (strategos n.).

1. An army, government, or province under the command or rule of a strategos. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a strategus

strategian1601

strategy1616

1616 J. Bingham tr. Ælian Tactiks ix. 64 Two Telarchies make a Phalangarchy of 4096. men, and 256. files, the Commander whereof is called Phalangarcha. Yet some call it a Strategy [Gk. στρατηγία], and the Commander Strategos.

1682 R. Blome tr. N. Sanson Asia in Cosmogr. & Geogr. 240 Pliny accounts 120 Strategies [Fr. Strategies] in Armenia, which are the Governments or particular Jurisdictions of every Province.

1886 W. P. Dickson tr. T. Mommsen Provinces Rom. Empire I. 306 The fifty strategies [Ger. Strategien] of Thrace..are not military districts, but, as is apparent with special clearness in Ptolemy, land-districts.

2. The office of a strategos. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > chief magistrate of Athens or Achaean league > position of

strategy1869

1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. iii. iii. 456 Among the offices requiring a certain capacity..there was none more important than the generalship or Strategy [Ger. Strategie].

1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. iii. iii. 458 Pericles, besides the authority of a Strategy [Ger. Strategie] prolonged to him in an extraordinary measure, also filled the office of superintendent of the finances.

II. A plan, a scheme, and related uses.

†3. A devious or dishonest scheme, trick, or ploy. Cf. stratagem n. 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception

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1672 Bloody Murtherer 31 That as he overcame me here, I may live to conquer him, and at my death triumph over him, and all his Strategies.

a. The art or practice of planning or directing the larger movements or long-term objectives of a battle, military campaign, etc.Often distinguished from tactics, considered as the art of directing forces engaged in action or in the immediate presence of the enemy.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [noun] > strategy

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1779 Crit. Rev. Oct. 310 This defect, in our author's opinion, nothing but a systematical instruction in strategy can supply.

1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) Strategy differs materially from tactic; the latter belonging only to the mechanical movement of bodies, set in motion by the former.

1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon II. iii. 73 A brave and excellent soldier, but who had no idea of strategie [sic] or tactics, save those current during the Seven Years War.

1889 A. T. Mahan Influence Sea Power Introd. 8 Before hostile armies or fleets are brought into contact (a word which perhaps better than any other indicates the dividing line between tactics and strategy), there are a number of questions to be decided.

1943 W. S. Churchill Let. 28 May in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xxi. 483 The talks which are now about to open..will implement in the tactical sphere the decisions of strategy and policy which we reached with so much general agreement.

1973 J. Brooke King George III i. 13 Strategy dictated that she should wage war where her army could be used to the greatest advantage.

2012 Technol. Rev. June 68/1 The intelligence he gathered soon proved useful for both strategy and tactics.

b. The art or practice of planning the future direction or outcome of something; the formulation or implementation of a plan, scheme, or course of action, esp. of a long-term or ambitious nature. Also: policy or means of achieving objectives within a specified field, as political strategy, corporate strategy, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > planning a course of action

strategy1829

strategizing1915

game playing1916

macro-strategy1968

strategery2000

1829 H. Douglas Treat. Naval Gunnery (ed. 2) 31 (advt.) A complete Encyclopædia of Reference,..presenting the greatest Collection extant of fine specimens of strategy in every stage of the Game [i.e. chess].

1841 Life & Times Dick Whittington xi. 112 We rescued Master Cobbs; and.., by most excellent strategy, your worshipful sire took him off scathless.

1872 Solicitors' Jrnl. 27 Apr. 477/2 An application for a trial at bar would be injudicious as a matter of strategy.

1913 H. T. Payne Game Birds & Game Fishes Pacific Coast 103 This is only accomplished by great caution and a good deal of strategy.

1938 C. G. Jung Psychol. & Relig. i. 17 In this precarious situation it would be bad strategy to convince the patient that he is somehow..at the back of his own symptom.

1964 Life 9 Oct. 100 a/2 The heart of their dispute with him is a fundamental difference over political strategy.

1980 C. J. Sutton Econ. & Corporate Strategy 1 Corporate strategy is concerned with the long-term survival and growth of business organizations.

2013 C. Doctorow Homeland vi. 101 Please ask Flor to put you in my diary for tomorrow.., so we can talk about strategy.

a. A plan or scheme governing the larger movements or long-term objectives of a battle, military campaign, etc.

ΚΠ

1823 Monthly Rev. Apr. 466 The vain-glorious boast of his brother-marshal, Jourdan, in his answer to the Strategy of Prince Charles: ‘Soldier from the cradle, I can handle the sword better than the pen.’

1868 F. W. Farrar Seekers after God Concl. 320 By copying the strategy of the battle of Beth-Horon.

1913 R. Lucas Ld. North I. vii. 277 His strategy was to hold the Hudson River and isolate the New England States.

1971 D. Brown Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee iv. 92 The leaders of the tribes smoked war pipes and planned their strategy.

2006 Foreign Affairs Mar. 3 The strategy..led to the complete withdrawal of U.S. ground forces from Vietnam by 1973.

b. A plan, scheme, or course of action designed to achieve a particular objective, esp. a long-term or overall aim.exit strategy: see exit n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > course adopted to achieve an end

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1834 R. M. Beverley Reply to Professor Sedgwick's Let. in Leeds Mercury 3 To descend to the poor strategy of personal slander.

1874 Good Words 66/1 It has been too often the conventional strategy of theological argument, in dealing with books or persons with whom we differ, to give no quarter.

1939 H. Miller Tropic of Capricorn 291 My strategy was to float with the tide.

1977 C. E. Joffe Friendly Intruders (1979) p. ix It makes sense to incorporate a variety of options into a national childcare strategy.

1983 R. Copeland & M. Cohen What is Dance? vi. 424 Interpretative strategies imported from linguistics, structuralism, and semiology.

2009 Daily Tel. 16 July 5/5 The Government's new strategy calls for onshore, off-shore, and house-mounted wind turbines.

6. In game theory, decision theory, etc.: a list of actions or decisions which completely describes a participant's behaviour throughout a particular game.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > planning a course of action > plan of intended course of action

plan of campaign1780

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end run1902

strategy1944

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1944 J. Von Neumann & O. Morgenstern Theory of Games i. 44 We shall call these sets of rules the ‘strategies’ of the game.

1969 R. Farquharson Theory of Voting iv. 20 Any procedure can be represented as a game by assuming that each voter makes a plan in advance regarding the course of action he will take in every division which can arise. Any such plan may be called a ‘strategy’.

2009 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Dec. 60/1 The scientists say these strategies work because they harness ‘Parrondo's Paradox’, a piece of game theory in which you win by alternating between two losing strategies.

7. Biology. The combination of adaptations by which the reproductive fitness of an individual or species is maximized.

ΚΠ

1968 R. Levins Evol. in Changing Environments ii. 30 We now pass to a consideration of population strategies based on genetic make up and the response to natural selection.

1985 Sci. Amer. July 93/1 In analyzing the milkweed's reproductive strategy, it is essential to know that the plant is an obligate or nearly obligate outbreeder.

1998 A. Manning & M. S. Dawkins Introd. Animal Behaviour (ed. 5) vi. 335 A ‘strategy’ is simply a specification of what an animal does, such as ‘remove eggshell from nest’ or ‘always attack if challenged’.

2015 K. L. M. Martin Beach-spawning Fishes 7 It was previously suggested that this species may pursue a gender-specific life history strategy..with males dying after spawning but females spawning more than once.

Compounds

strategy game n. any of various games, typically a board game or (more recently) a video game, in which players are required to make strategic decisions or plan an overall course of action.

ΚΠ

1888 Golden Argosy 26 May 404/2 Now's my chance, while they're all in the house, to come the Indian strategy game over them.

1970 Peace News 2 Oct. 3/4 During a strategy game, a situation may arise which is so interesting that the group may want to roleplay it.

2005 Wired Nov. 105/1 This addictive PC game mixes elements of strategy games, god games, and classic arcade button mashers.

strategy document n. a document outlining a plan, scheme, or course of action, esp. of a long-term or ambitious nature, typically for a business or other organization.

ΚΠ

1943 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 July 2/5 Mr Curtin has received the report..on Mr. Ward's allegations that a ‘Brisbane Line’ strategy document was missing from defence files.

1976 Canad. Public Policy Summer 456 A new strategy document outlining CIDA's plans for the period of 1975-80 contains an assessment of the international scene.

2012 S. Biscop & J. Coelmont Europe, Strategy & Armed Forces ii. 35 There are many strategy documents elaborating on various dimensions of the ESS [= European Security Strategy].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	strategy
释义	strategyn. Brit. /ˈstratᵻdʒi/, U.S. /ˈstrædədʒi/ Forms: 1600s– strategy, 1800s strategie. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek στρατηγία. Etymology: < ancient Greek στρατηγία office or command of a general, generalship, (at Athens) office of a strategos, in Hellenistic Greek also province governed by a strategos < στρατηγός strategos n. + -ία -y suffix³. Compare classical Latin stratēgia administrative district, Middle French, French stratégie administrative district (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny; compare quot. 1601 at strategian n. 1), art of directing military movements (1803), and also German Strategie art of directing military movements (1782), art of planning for the moves of opposing parties more generally (1831), (in learned contexts also) office of a strategos (1869 in the passages translated in quots. 1869¹ and 1869² at sense 2). With sense I. compare strategos n. With sense 4 compare earlier strategics n. †I. Ancient History. The office or command of a strategos (strategos n.). 1. An army, government, or province under the command or rule of a strategos. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a strategus strategian1601 strategy1616 1616 J. Bingham tr. Ælian Tactiks ix. 64 Two Telarchies make a Phalangarchy of 4096. men, and 256. files, the Commander whereof is called Phalangarcha. Yet some call it a Strategy [Gk. στρατηγία], and the Commander Strategos. 1682 R. Blome tr. N. Sanson Asia in Cosmogr. & Geogr. 240 Pliny accounts 120 Strategies [Fr. Strategies] in Armenia, which are the Governments or particular Jurisdictions of every Province. 1886 W. P. Dickson tr. T. Mommsen Provinces Rom. Empire I. 306 The fifty strategies [Ger. Strategien] of Thrace..are not military districts, but, as is apparent with special clearness in Ptolemy, land-districts. 2. The office of a strategos. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > chief magistrate of Athens or Achaean league > position of strategy1869 1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. iii. iii. 456 Among the offices requiring a certain capacity..there was none more important than the generalship or Strategy [Ger. Strategie]. 1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. iii. iii. 458 Pericles, besides the authority of a Strategy [Ger. Strategie] prolonged to him in an extraordinary measure, also filled the office of superintendent of the finances. II. A plan, a scheme, and related uses. †3. A devious or dishonest scheme, trick, or ploy. Cf. stratagem n. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception wrenchc888 swikec893 braida1000 craftOE wile1154 crookc1175 trokingc1175 guile?c1225 hocket1276 blink1303 errorc1320 guileryc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 deceitc1380 japec1380 gaudc1386 syllogism1387 mazec1390 mowa1393 train?a1400 trantc1400 abusionc1405 creekc1405 trickc1412 trayc1430 lirtc1440 quaint?a1450 touch1481 pawka1522 false point?1528 practice1533 crink1534 flim-flamc1538 bobc1540 fetcha1547 abuse1551 block1553 wrinklec1555 far-fetch?a1562 blirre1570 slampant1577 ruse1581 forgery1582 crank1588 plait1589 crossbite1591 cozenage1592 lock1598 quiblin1605 foist1607 junt1608 firk1611 overreach?1615 fob1622 ludification1623 knick-knacka1625 flam1632 dodge1638 gimcrack1639 fourbe1654 juggle1664 strategy1672 jilt1683 disingenuity1691 fun1699 jugglementa1708 spring1753 shavie1767 rig?1775 deception1794 Yorkshire bite1795 fakement1811 fake1829 practical1833 deceptivity1843 tread-behind1844 fly1861 schlenter1864 Sinonism1864 racket1869 have1885 ficelle1890 wheeze1903 fast one1912 roughie1914 spun-yarn trick1916 fastie1931 phoney baloney1933 fake-out1955 okey-doke1964 mind-fuck1971 1672 Bloody Murtherer 31 That as he overcame me here, I may live to conquer him, and at my death triumph over him, and all his Strategies. 4. a. The art or practice of planning or directing the larger movements or long-term objectives of a battle, military campaign, etc.Often distinguished from tactics, considered as the art of directing forces engaged in action or in the immediate presence of the enemy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [noun] > strategy strategics1653 generalship1665 strategy1779 strategic1810 strategying1858 1779 Crit. Rev. Oct. 310 This defect, in our author's opinion, nothing but a systematical instruction in strategy can supply. 1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) Strategy differs materially from tactic; the latter belonging only to the mechanical movement of bodies, set in motion by the former. 1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon II. iii. 73 A brave and excellent soldier, but who had no idea of strategie [sic] or tactics, save those current during the Seven Years War. 1889 A. T. Mahan Influence Sea Power Introd. 8 Before hostile armies or fleets are brought into contact (a word which perhaps better than any other indicates the dividing line between tactics and strategy), there are a number of questions to be decided. 1943 W. S. Churchill Let. 28 May in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xxi. 483 The talks which are now about to open..will implement in the tactical sphere the decisions of strategy and policy which we reached with so much general agreement. 1973 J. Brooke King George III i. 13 Strategy dictated that she should wage war where her army could be used to the greatest advantage. 2012 Technol. Rev. June 68/1 The intelligence he gathered soon proved useful for both strategy and tactics. b. The art or practice of planning the future direction or outcome of something; the formulation or implementation of a plan, scheme, or course of action, esp. of a long-term or ambitious nature. Also: policy or means of achieving objectives within a specified field, as political strategy, corporate strategy, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > planning a course of action strategy1829 strategizing1915 game playing1916 macro-strategy1968 strategery2000 1829 H. Douglas Treat. Naval Gunnery (ed. 2) 31 (advt.) A complete Encyclopædia of Reference,..presenting the greatest Collection extant of fine specimens of strategy in every stage of the Game [i.e. chess]. 1841 Life & Times Dick Whittington xi. 112 We rescued Master Cobbs; and.., by most excellent strategy, your worshipful sire took him off scathless. 1872 Solicitors' Jrnl. 27 Apr. 477/2 An application for a trial at bar would be injudicious as a matter of strategy. 1913 H. T. Payne Game Birds & Game Fishes Pacific Coast 103 This is only accomplished by great caution and a good deal of strategy. 1938 C. G. Jung Psychol. & Relig. i. 17 In this precarious situation it would be bad strategy to convince the patient that he is somehow..at the back of his own symptom. 1964 Life 9 Oct. 100 a/2 The heart of their dispute with him is a fundamental difference over political strategy. 1980 C. J. Sutton Econ. & Corporate Strategy 1 Corporate strategy is concerned with the long-term survival and growth of business organizations. 2013 C. Doctorow Homeland vi. 101 Please ask Flor to put you in my diary for tomorrow.., so we can talk about strategy. 5. a. A plan or scheme governing the larger movements or long-term objectives of a battle, military campaign, etc. ΚΠ 1823 Monthly Rev. Apr. 466 The vain-glorious boast of his brother-marshal, Jourdan, in his answer to the Strategy of Prince Charles: ‘Soldier from the cradle, I can handle the sword better than the pen.’ 1868 F. W. Farrar Seekers after God Concl. 320 By copying the strategy of the battle of Beth-Horon. 1913 R. Lucas Ld. North I. vii. 277 His strategy was to hold the Hudson River and isolate the New England States. 1971 D. Brown Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee iv. 92 The leaders of the tribes smoked war pipes and planned their strategy. 2006 Foreign Affairs Mar. 3 The strategy..led to the complete withdrawal of U.S. ground forces from Vietnam by 1973. b. A plan, scheme, or course of action designed to achieve a particular objective, esp. a long-term or overall aim.exit strategy: see exit n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan redeeOE devicec1290 casta1300 went1303 ordinancec1385 intentc1386 imaginationa1393 drifta1535 draught1535 forecast1535 platform1547 ground-plat?a1560 table1560 convoy1565 design1565 plat1574 ground-plota1586 plot1587 reach1587 theory1593 game1595 projectment1611 projecting1616 navation1628 approach1633 view1634 plan1635 systema1648 sophism1657 manage1667 brouillon1678 speculationa1684 sketch1697 to take measures1698 method1704 scheme1704 lines1760 outline1760 measure1767 restorative1821 ground plan1834 strategy1834 programme1837 ticket1842 project1849 outline plan1850 layout1867 draft1879 dart1882 lurk1916 schema1939 lick1955 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > course adopted to achieve an end waya1225 wonec1290 mean waya1425 policyc1430 method1526 politicsa1529 politic1588 game1595 dent1597 efficacy1690 tactics1772 tactic1791 strategy1834 game plan1957 1834 R. M. Beverley Reply to Professor Sedgwick's Let. in Leeds Mercury 3 To descend to the poor strategy of personal slander. 1874 Good Words 66/1 It has been too often the conventional strategy of theological argument, in dealing with books or persons with whom we differ, to give no quarter. 1939 H. Miller Tropic of Capricorn 291 My strategy was to float with the tide. 1977 C. E. Joffe Friendly Intruders (1979) p. ix It makes sense to incorporate a variety of options into a national childcare strategy. 1983 R. Copeland & M. Cohen What is Dance? vi. 424 Interpretative strategies imported from linguistics, structuralism, and semiology. 2009 Daily Tel. 16 July 5/5 The Government's new strategy calls for onshore, off-shore, and house-mounted wind turbines. 6. In game theory, decision theory, etc.: a list of actions or decisions which completely describes a participant's behaviour throughout a particular game. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > planning a course of action > plan of intended course of action plan of campaign1780 route map1816 action plan1889 end run1902 strategy1944 game plan1957 scenario1962 1944 J. Von Neumann & O. Morgenstern Theory of Games i. 44 We shall call these sets of rules the ‘strategies’ of the game. 1969 R. Farquharson Theory of Voting iv. 20 Any procedure can be represented as a game by assuming that each voter makes a plan in advance regarding the course of action he will take in every division which can arise. Any such plan may be called a ‘strategy’. 2009 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Dec. 60/1 The scientists say these strategies work because they harness ‘Parrondo's Paradox’, a piece of game theory in which you win by alternating between two losing strategies. 7. Biology. The combination of adaptations by which the reproductive fitness of an individual or species is maximized. ΚΠ 1968 R. Levins Evol. in Changing Environments ii. 30 We now pass to a consideration of population strategies based on genetic make up and the response to natural selection. 1985 Sci. Amer. July 93/1 In analyzing the milkweed's reproductive strategy, it is essential to know that the plant is an obligate or nearly obligate outbreeder. 1998 A. Manning & M. S. Dawkins Introd. Animal Behaviour (ed. 5) vi. 335 A ‘strategy’ is simply a specification of what an animal does, such as ‘remove eggshell from nest’ or ‘always attack if challenged’. 2015 K. L. M. Martin Beach-spawning Fishes 7 It was previously suggested that this species may pursue a gender-specific life history strategy..with males dying after spawning but females spawning more than once. Compounds strategy game n. any of various games, typically a board game or (more recently) a video game, in which players are required to make strategic decisions or plan an overall course of action. ΚΠ 1888 Golden Argosy 26 May 404/2 Now's my chance, while they're all in the house, to come the Indian strategy game over them. 1970 Peace News 2 Oct. 3/4 During a strategy game, a situation may arise which is so interesting that the group may want to roleplay it. 2005 Wired Nov. 105/1 This addictive PC game mixes elements of strategy games, god games, and classic arcade button mashers. strategy document n. a document outlining a plan, scheme, or course of action, esp. of a long-term or ambitious nature, typically for a business or other organization. ΚΠ 1943 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 July 2/5 Mr Curtin has received the report..on Mr. Ward's allegations that a ‘Brisbane Line’ strategy document was missing from defence files. 1976 Canad. Public Policy Summer 456 A new strategy document outlining CIDA's plans for the period of 1975-80 contains an assessment of the international scene. 2012 S. Biscop & J. Coelmont Europe, Strategy & Armed Forces ii. 35 There are many strategy documents elaborating on various dimensions of the ESS [= European Security Strategy]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † strategyv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: strategy n. Etymology: < strategy n. Compare earlier strategying n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To lead (a person) into a particular condition by strategy or skilful planning. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > treat cunningly [verb (transitive)] > force into or out of position by strategy manoeuvre1815 strategy1894 1894 W. C. Russell Good Ship ‘Mohock’ I. i. 21 Not the gods themselves could have strategied me into wedlock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1616v.1894
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strategyn.

Compounds

† strategyv.