strategystrat‧e‧gy /ˈstrætɪdʒi/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun (plural strategies) 
the government’s long-term economic strategy a company’s business strategystrategy for doing something a strategy for dealing with crimestrategy to do something a strategy to attract younger audiences to jazz► see thesaurus at method, plan, way2[countable, uncountable] the skill of planning the movements of armies in a war, or an example of this: military strategies It is the general’s role to develop overall strategy.3[uncountable] skilful planning in general: The company must first resolve questions of strategy.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesan economic strategy· The government has changed its economic strategy.a business strategy· This is a high-risk business strategy.a marketing strategy· The firm is considering a change in its marketing strategy.a political strategy· Baldwin’s political strategy was almost totally successful.a coping strategy· Therapists can show a child new coping strategies.a survival strategy· He says his father’s withdrawal was a survival strategy.a successful/effective strategy· The most successful strategy is often the simplest one.a clear/coherent strategy· It is important that the company has a clear strategy.a high-risk strategy· The expansion plan is a high-risk strategy.a long-term strategy· The closure of these branches is part of our long-term strategy.verbsuse a strategy (also employ a strategy formal)· What strategies do you use to deal with these problems?adopt a strategy (=start to use it)· Both players adopted the same strategy.devise/work out a strategy (also formulate a strategy formal)· We had to devise strategies for saving money.develop a strategy· Groups can help members develop new coping strategies.evolve a strategy· The creatures which live in the river have evolved strategies for surviving sudden floods.pursue/follow a strategy (=do a particular planned series of actions)· They are pursuing different strategies.implement a strategy formal (=do a series of actions that you or someone else has planned)· The firm faces several challenges as it seeks to implement that strategy.a strategy works· The Government’s economic strategy was not working.
WORD ORIGINstrategy
Origin:
1800-1900 Greek strategia ‘art of leading an army’, from strategos; ➔ STRATAGEMEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a strategy to reduce the level of teenage smoking
- learning strategies
- Murdoch bought several TV stations, as part of his strategy for building a media empire.
- The company needs to focus on strategy.
- The government has no long-term strategy for reducing crime.
- the President's long-term economic strategy
- The rebels' strategy of guerrilla warfare has been remarkably successful.
- We need a new strategy for increasing our sales in Europe.
- We will continue to update our sales strategy.
- But ultimately, Ryan said, this would not prove a wise strategy.
- Events and issues shape the strategy.
- If Son has a grand strategy for extracting more value out of his ragbag of assets, it is hard to spot.
- Public entrepreneurs use a number of basic strategies to build mission-driven organizations.
- Secondly, it will evaluate the impact of government economic strategies within each area.
- The strategies in Axelrod's computer were definitely unconscious.
- The final score of a strategy was the sum of the points it gained against all the other strategies.
- Try these strategies to prevent these words from ever being uttered:-First, make all rules absolutely clear!
THESAURUS
a way of doing something, especially one that is well known and often used: · You can choose whichever method of payment you prefer.· an environmentally friendly method for treating household waste
a set of actions that you use in order to do something. Way is more informal than method and is used more often in everyday English: · What’s the best way to remove wine stains?· a new way of treating the disease· There are lots of ways of cooking mushrooms.
something that you use to do something or achieve something: · Their main means of transport is their car.· E-mail is often the most convenient means of communication.· He looked around for a means of escape.· Education and training are the most efficient means of improving the nation’s economy.
a way of dealing with a particular problem or situation, especially a way that has been carefully thought about or planned: · Today’s approach to raising children is very different from 40 years ago.· I think we need to try a different approach.
a particular way of doing something, for which you need a skill that has to be learned and practised: · tips on how to improve your exam technique· More patients are surviving thanks to improved surgical techniques.
methods that you use in order to achieve what you want, especially in a game or competition: · There were complaints about police tactics used to clear demonstrators.· The team was discussing tactics for the game.
a set of carefully planned methods for achieving something that is difficult and may take a long time: · our sales strategy· a strategy to reduce the level of teenage smoking
formal a particular way of doing something: · For him, painting is just another mode of expression.· You can choose between several different modes of operation.· the most efficient mode of transportation· Withdrawing a child from class is still the preferred mode of providing extra help to that child.
a set of actions for achieving something in the future, especially a set of actions that has been considered carefully and in detail: · Leaders outlined a plan to end the fighting.
a secret plan to do something bad or illegal, made by a group of people: · There was a plot to assassinate the president.· a terrorist conspiracy
British English an official plan that is intended to help people: · The government has introduced a new scheme to help young people find work.
a carefully designed plan which is intended to achieve a particular purpose over a long period of time: · the company’s business strategy· The government’s economic strategy has been criticized by many experts.· We need to develop effective strategies for combating the sale of counterfeit goods.
a new plan for dealing with a particular problem or for achieving a particular aim: · a peace initiative· a major new initiative to tackle street crime
a plan that members of a government, political party, company etc agree on, that states how they intend to deal with a particular subject or problem: · the government’s immigration policy· It’s company policy to allow people to work from home.
British English, program American English a series of activities that a government or organization organizes, which aims to achieve something important and will continue for a long time: · a five-year programme which will create 2,000 new jobs· federal programs for low-income housing
a way of doing something something you can do in order to achieve what you want or deal with a problem: · Visiting a country is a great way to learn a language.· a good way to lose weight
a way of doing something, especially one that a lot of people know about and use: · They still use traditional methods of farming.· modern teaching methods· Different research methods are used to gather data.
a general way of dealing with a particular problem or situation, especially a way that has been carefully thought about: · We need a whole new approach to environmental issues.· There will be considerable advantages to adopting this approach.
a way of doing something for which you need a skill that must be learned and practised: · I went to a class to learn relaxation techniques.· new surgical techniques· techniques for improving staff performance
a carefully planned way to achieve something difficult or complicated that may take a long time: · They met to discuss the company’s business strategy.· the government’s long-term strategy for reducing crime
Longman Language Activatora plan to do something something that you have decided to do, and the methods you will use to do it: · Her plan is to finish her degree and then go and teach in Japan.plan to do something: · The school has plans to build a computer centre.plan for: · NASA has announced plans for a new space mission to Mars.business/career etc plan: · You can't get a loan to start a new company if you don't have a good business plan.make plans: · By January, many people are already making plans for their summer holidays.go according to plan (=when things happen exactly as you intended): · Everything went according to plan, and we all crossed the river safely.a plan falls through (=when you cannot do what you intended to do, because something unexpected happens): · There was an airline strike in India, and all our plans fell through at the last minute.plan A/plan B (=use this when you are saying that you have two possible plans, in case the first one is not successful): · Plan A obviously wasn't going to work, so we had to resort to plan B.
informal a detailed plan explaining exactly how to achieve something: · Here's my game plan, Roger. I want to make the magazine a monthly, and cut it down to sixty or seventy pages.decide/devise/put forward etc a plan of action: · If the problem continues, discuss a plan of action with your colleagues.
a carefully designed plan for achieving something that is difficult and may take a long time: strategy for doing something: · We need a new strategy for increasing our sales in Europe.· Murdoch bought several TV stations, as part of his strategy for building a media empire.strategy of: · The rebels' strategy of guerrilla warfare has been remarkably successful.a/an campaign/economic/military etc strategy: · the President's long-term economic strategy
British /program American a series of activities, organized by a government or other large organization, that is designed to achieve something important and will continue for a long time: programme of: · The irrigation project is part of a programme of aid to West Africa.training/research/space etc programme: · It's a major research program, aimed at developing cheaper fuels.launch a programme: · The government has launched a programme to help unemployed young people find work.
a plan or set of principles agreed by the members of a government, a political group, a company etc, that says how they intend to deal with a particular subject or problem: · It is not our policy to reveal our clients' names.environmental/monetary/economic etc policy: · Most large companies these days operate an equal opportunities policy.· US foreign policy (=towards other countries)policy on: · the government's policy on Europepolicy towards: · The Cuban revolution resulted in a reassessment of Washington's policy towards the Third World generally.policy of: · A new ruler might adopt a policy of drastically cutting back oil production in order to boost prices.
British an official plan that is intended to help particular groups of people, for example people who are very poor, without jobs, or who need a better education: scheme to do something: · Several organizations run schemes to help women find work after their children have started school. a training/literacy/resettlement etc scheme: · The government's Youth Training Scheme soon ran into difficulties.· Adult literacy schemes have been run with great success in the inner cities.
a plan that shows exactly what things you will spend a particular amount of money on: household/food/advertising etc budget: · Mum always worked out the household budget according to what we could afford.· The company has had to cut £46,000 from its advertising budget.over/under budget (=having spent more or less than the amount planned): · Several of our recent projects have been wildly over budget.· The renovation work to St George's Hall was completed six months ahead of schedule and under budget.budget deficit (=a situation in which more money has been spent than is available): · Texas faces a budget deficit of over $4 billion.balance the/your budget (=make sure that only the money available is spent): · The council has said that jobs will have to be cut in order to balance the budget.
a completely new plan for important changes or ways of dealing with a problem: blueprint for: · Conservation groups have suggested a blueprint for a "Green World".· A panel of advisors is urging The White House to adopt a blueprint for dealing with such emergencies.
a way or method of doing something · Websites can be designed in many different ways.way to do something · Visiting a country is a great way to learn its language.· There's more than one way to build a house - all builders work differently.· I tried every way I could to make the child go to bed, but she refused.way of doing something · Is there any way of controlling the heating in here?the way (that) somebody does something · I'll show you the way we calculate the figures.the best/only way · What's the best way to remove wine stains?· The only way to lose weight is to eat less.the right/wrong way · The government does not believe that this approach is the right way to deal with the problem.the way to go about something · I think you're going about this in completely the wrong way.
a way of doing something, especially one that is well known and often used: · Printing methods have changed completely in the last twenty years.· In this school, staff are given complete freedom in their choice of language teaching methods.· Make a list of the different methods you could use in conducting a survey.method of: · You can choose whichever method of payment you prefer.method of/for doing something: · Medical science has not yet found a satisfactory method of treating cholera.· an environmentally-friendly method for treating household waste
a way of dealing with a particular problem or situation, especially a way that has been carefully thought about or planned: · The main advantage of this approach is its simplicity. approach to: · Today's approach to raising children is very different from 40 years ago.· Space scientists had to adopt a whole new approach to design and construction.
a particular way of doing something, for which you need a skill that has to be learned and practised: · More and more heart patients are surviving thanks to improved surgical techniques.· helpful tips on how to improve your exam techniquetechnique for doing something: · Chapter 6 describes useful techniques for creating on-screen filing systems that really work.
a set of carefully planned methods for achieving something that is difficult and may take a long time: · We will continue to update our sales strategy.strategy for (doing) something: · The government has no long-term strategy for reducing crime.strategy to do something: · a strategy to reduce the level of teenage smoking
a planned and effective way of doing something that you use every time you do it: · I do the cooking and Andrew does the shopping; it's an excellent system.system of doing something: · I work a lot more quickly now I've developed an efficient system of working.system for doing something: · Ryan thinks he's discovered a system for winning at roulette.
methods that you use in order to achieve what you want, especially in a game or competition: · Salesmen use all sorts of clever tactics to persuade people to buy from them.· The team was busy discussing tactics for the game.· He played with the confidence of a winning captain, instinctively changing tactics when necessary.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives a major advertising campaign the advertising slogan ‘Come alive with Pepsi’ We agreed a new four-year contract. He formulated Labour Party education policy in 1922.
· The government has changed its economic strategy.
· This is a high-risk business strategy.
· The firm is considering a change in its marketing strategy.
· Baldwin’s political strategy was almost totally successful.
· Therapists can show a child new coping strategies.
· He says his father’s withdrawal was a survival strategy.
· The most successful strategy is often the simplest one.
· It is important that the company has a clear strategy.
· The expansion plan is a high-risk strategy.
· The closure of these branches is part of our long-term strategy.
verbs (also employ a strategy formal)· What strategies do you use to deal with these problems?
(=start to use it)· Both players adopted the same strategy.
(also formulate a strategy formal)· We had to devise strategies for saving money.
· Groups can help members develop new coping strategies.
· The creatures which live in the river have evolved strategies for surviving sudden floods.
(=do a particular planned series of actions)· They are pursuing different strategies.
formal (=do a series of actions that you or someone else has planned)· The firm faces several challenges as it seeks to implement that strategy.
· The Government’s economic strategy was not working.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a major advertising campaign the advertising slogan ‘Come alive with Pepsi’ We agreed a new four-year contract. (=a way of coping with something)· Some people use humour as a coping strategy.
(=the activity of planning what a big company needs to do to succeed)· Roche is the man in charge of corporate planning.
· The region is keen to devise a strategy to develop tourism.
He formulated Labour Party education policy in 1922.· The organization is pursuing a policy of cost cutting.
· The best survival strategy is to avoid putting yourself in unnecessary danger.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· In this way, the child learns to expand his/ her range of alternative coping strategies.· We were designed to have all sorts of alternative strategies to achieve our ends.· This leaves only two alternative strategies: to flee or to hide.· In the face of such opposition, those managements with the wit to explore alternative strategies have adopted a range of techniques.· For many problems, people rely on drugs rather than seeking alternative coping strategies.· Thus the no-arbitrage condition can be tested with respect to three alternative trading strategies: arbitrage, swaps and trade-the-cheapest.· In Aden the path forward became clear, the alternative strategy was revealed.
· States must choose, in industrial policy as in corporate strategy, between diversification and specialisation.· However, goals in Workplace 2000 will be dictated by competitive require-ments and corporate strategy.· He stresses that formal planning can only be one of the many building blocks which determine corporate strategy.· In their view, corporate strategies fail because they consider problems in the external environment but not those internal to the organization.· How they strike a balance between the two is at the heart of corporate strategy.· The test of a competitive strategy is its profitability. Corporate strategy plans the company's cluster of firmlets.· Patents on life-forms are the key to this corporate strategy.· The Shorts 360 specialises on the Jersey - Guernsey shuttle service. Corporate strategy is cautious, slow growth.
· Rather, the authors have made a selection and described them fully in order to explain and illustrate several different military strategies.· Microsoft, meanwhile is pursuing a far different on-line strategy of weaving Internet features into its existing product lines.· Information about the circumstances in which different overtaking strategies are employed will also be collected and analysed.· If the system had been built on popular votes rather than the electoral college, each would have pursued a different strategy.· She has developed a slightly different coping strategy which involves returning to work at night when it is quieter.· Maynard Smith tried pitting different genetic strategies against each other in the same way that economists do with different economic strategies.· On the other hand, a player faced with an Empire army would probably adopt a different strategy altogether.· Maynard Smith tried pitting different genetic strategies against each other in the same way that economists do with different economic strategies.
· Does government have a community economic development strategy?· Maynard Smith tried pitting different genetic strategies against each other in the same way that economists do with different economic strategies.· What can realistically be accomplished by Community Economic Development strategies and what criteria can be used to determine and evaluate success?· Dole aides have said the candidate may propose broader income tax cuts later this year as part of his long-range economic strategy.· Governments can find their economic strategies in tatters when the markets lose confidence and rush for the exit.· Local economic development strategies divert attention and resources of government away from direct efforts to resolve social problems. 7.· In bureaucratic terms, Armstrong was the keystone in the arch of Heath's economic strategy from the autumn of 1972.· Evaluate effectiveness and economic benefit of strategies to prevent emerging infectious diseases.
· This project is expected to contribute to the development of effective health education strategies which are relevant to consumers.· They identified the pitfalls and defined their goals, and selected effective strategies from the array available to them.· On the one side are those that suggest that land reform may be an effective development strategy.· In such situations the most effective managerial strategy may be for the ReD unit to try to gain power within the organization.· An effective preventive strategy which challenged these interests would seriously disrupt or impose great costs on capitalist producers.· I am optimistic, therefore, that they can serve as the basis for an effective Mega long-term strategy.· The marketer must therefore turn his attention to how to identify these factors soas to be able to construct an effective strategy.· And we can share best practices so that every educator and employer does not have to recreate effective strategies from scratch.
· Then it may be able to form a national strategy to match the vision.· The Pentagon, with a panel of independent experts about to follow, is reviewing national military strategy.· However, it highlights the clear lack of an agreed national coastal strategy by the Government.· The national strategy unit, led by Howard Webber and Tim Challans, has fused its contrary voices with diplomatic panache.· An outline of the current national economic strategy is provided by the Minister of Industry and Commerce.· The new national strategy must find ways to encourage more challenging and exciting practical science teaching.· But, first, a distinction should be drawn between national grand strategy, Defence policy and current military strategy.· The main aim of the meeting was to discuss how to persuade countries to create their own national strategies for biodiversity protection.
· But the new strategy threatens not only combatants, but those coordinating attacks.· But many businesses are devising new strategies as the next millennium closes in.· Brainwave William Waldegrave, the science minister, unveiled the first new government strategy for science and technology for 21 years.· The effective use of new power strategies, albeit awkward at first, encourages their use in the future.· The new national strategy must find ways to encourage more challenging and exciting practical science teaching.· The new strategy was called flexible response.· The new strategies of information control target people even more than in the past, aiming to intimidate them into self-censorship.· A new strategy is clearly needed.
· How much importance was attached to these initiatives in terms of overall company strategy? 5.· The 10-year Apple veteran said the company would not unveil an overall Internet strategy at Macworld.· Changes in personnel reflected shifts in overall public health strategy.· Moreover, it alerts us to the fact that short-sighted tactics may thwart the overall strategy.· Some banks manage customers' investment portfolios with the customer and/or bank determining overall investment strategy.· Subjects ranged from site matters to overall company strategy.· Each practice area strategy should also be consistent with the firm's overall strategy.· In the meantime, it is presently developing its overall strategy.
· What political strategies and tactics are used to influence budget allocations? 6.· Now, we understand the difference here was largely over political strategy.· As a political strategy it was highly effective, successfully confronting the medical discourse which lay behind regulation.· These overhauls were to have been centerpieces of the Kohl political strategy for 1997.· Few contemporary political strategies are conceived without considerable attention being paid to media considerations.· Why is he always standing in the back there and taking copious notes if he is not planning and writing political strategy?· At first sight it might be quite reasonable for the Labour party to employ the same approach to its political strategy.· When the action slows, however, the novel bogs down in a lot of talk about military and political strategy.
NOUN· The aim of business strategies is competitive success for financial success.· Newbridge officials said they are working out a business strategy with their prospective partner, whom they declined to name.· It is worth noting that some writers on business strategy are well aware of this problem.· What is the role of your work group in helping your company to implement its business strategy? 9.· Instead they are supposed to discuss future business strategy.· At heart, Sanborns remains a solidly middle-of-the-road company-conservative in its business strategy, middle-class in its marketing approach.· Similarly, other business strategy questions now debated in the boardrooms will define who will be successful in the future.
· An emphasis on deciding development strategies at local level, in the light of local circumstances.· Local economic development strategies divert attention and resources of government away from direct efforts to resolve social problems. 7.· On the one side are those that suggest that land reform may be an effective development strategy.· Technology development strategies exhibit a fundamental logical contradiction.· What can realistically be accomplished by Community Economic Development strategies and what criteria can be used to determine and evaluate success?· How were local economic development strategies carried out, what were their outcomes and impacts, and who were their beneficiaries?· The development strategy can be further controlled by specifying a parameter and temporarily removing nodes satisfying from the list of active nodes.· Technology development strategies are designed to pick technology winners.
· However, it is an approach that conflicts with traditional investment strategy.· Traders and institutions value anonymity because it enables them to pursue investment strategies without being thwarted by competitors, the groups said.· Each involves subtle differences in the investment strategy of the parties involved.· Indeed, some of the largest institutional money managers catering to wealthy individual investors advertise tax-related investment strategies based on computer models.· The liquidation of the Portfolio removed the necessity to re-examine the investment strategy.· Ralph wants faster growth, so Steinmetz recommends a tougher investment strategy with an 8 percent return.· Some banks manage customers' investment portfolios with the customer and/or bank determining overall investment strategy.· There was no clear pattern to the investment strategies employed by the fund managers who scored best.
· Do firms employ investment related marketing strategies?· Using a specific example, show how opinion leaders might be identified and influenced through a marketing strategy.· Under the new marketing strategy, Cray Computer will offer the Cray-3 in two-, four- and eight-processor configurations.· Mr Brown is responsible for marketing strategy, programme development and quality control, while Mr Morse will administer day-to-day operations.· The marketing strategies of banks have been aimed in some cases at attracting young customers, especially the student market.· But only 11-12 percent had prepared a formal marketing strategy or employed a marketing consultant in the past year.· Companies must target significant sectors for their world marketing strategies to attack.· Research can help a company to develop its global marketing strategy.
VERB· Another group of plants adopting a similar strategy to the cycads arose at about the same time.· Thus far, Dole has shown no signs of adopting such a strategy.· Companies which utilize an aggressive sales policy, based on personal selling, are said to be adopting a push strategy.· The dental museum has adopted a different strategy.· Several kinds of insects adopt a similar strategy.· The parliamentary debate on the Report showed the Home Secretary adopting a two-pronged strategy in his response.· In the few years that followed, Eliot adopted various strategies to keep his poetry flowing.· On the other hand, a player faced with an Empire army would probably adopt a different strategy altogether.
· The Link group acts as a forum for the major environmental issues and agrees strategies to combat existing problems.
· He developed a strategy skilfully designed to establish intelligentsia leadership over this revolt.· Women are subjects also, but they have had to develop another strategy to maintain subjectivity.· Too little is done to implement existing preventive knowledge or to develop preventive strategies known to be effective.· Since joining the company in March, Carpenter has developed a strategy to fend off Oakley.· However, these very skills may inhibit working through the important intellectual issues embedded in developing the strategy.· Encourage work-inhibited students to develop their own strategies to improve their own efforts.· Professor Budd's remarks echo a widespread belief in the City that the Government needs to develop a credible monetary strategy.· In the 1980s, the state had developed an aggressive economic-development strategy to support key industries.
· To this end he had devised a new strategy: the assault was not to be made by men but by guns.· But many businesses are devising new strategies as the next millennium closes in.· Researching and devising a strategy to build a smaller, smarter civil service is much, much harder work.· Uppermost among them will be how they begin to devise a strategy to defeat a man who is both boxer and puncher.· Rather than worrying about causing a problem, your focus should be on devising a strategy to correct one.· Chelsea chairman Ken Bates has thus devised a two-pronged strategy to beat Cabra.· After considerable grumbling and frustration, Roosevelt devised a different strategy for influencing the court.
· As you discuss strategy, address the following three dimensions.· The process began in January 1942 when Churchill and his military leaders came to Washington to discuss strategy.· The chairman of the division and I discussed endlessly what our strategy should be.· Shortly after her election, the local board met to discuss goals and strategies for the year.· Instead they are supposed to discuss future business strategy.· After the Pensacola incident he contacted Ellie Smeal, offering to discuss litigation strategies.· They were there to discuss strategies for slowing down the whirlwind of globalisation.· Strengths and weaknesses were discussed, strategy plotted.
· Note that the average payment following the optimal strategy is around three times greater than the average payment following the myopic strategy.· You can follow the same strategy with a preschooler.· Note that the average payment following the optimal strategy is around three times greater than the average payment following the myopic strategy.· Basically, telcos are following two strategies in their expansion: in-territory and out-of-territory.· It was found that key characteristics was by far the most popular strategy, followed by realist strategy.· I taught them the importance of structure but also that structure has to follow strategy.· Ptarmigan seems to be following a strategy similar to that adopted by Mr Wilbraham in 1989.· Now, in a new arena, Harmon appears to be following a similar strategy.
· The researcher is there to help the agency formulate the right strategy and the right advertising solution.· They therefore had decided to wait and see how the operations progressed before attempting to formulate subsequent war strategy.· Its aim was to examine scientific evidence on climate change, assess environmental and socio-economic impacts and formulate realistic response strategies.· The exercise itself actively helps you to formulate your aims and strategy for bargaining.
· Only one other carpet company has been identified as implementing this strategy.· Some RBOCs are actually implementing only one strategy, some are implementing both.· From that you will develop a training strategy and then be responsible for deciding how to implement that strategy.· The organizations in this study were implementing new strategies and introducing major restructuring.· It also raises some of the problems involved in deciding how best to implement an organization's strategy.· What is the role of your work group in helping your company to implement its business strategy? 9.· Finally, problems and possibilities for implementing these strategies politically will be identified.· Most of the bosses questioned the new managers explicitly about how they intended to implement the new company strategies: 1 Costs!
· To woo customers, the company has devised a unique marketing strategy.· During the first year after the marketing strategy took effect, the number of park visitors jumped by 10 percent.· The previous commissioner spent months with us, analysing our game plans and marketing strategy.· Word-of-mouth is their primary marketing strategy.· Working with the Sales and Marketing Departments to devise creative marketing strategies and campaigns; planning and supporting promotional initiatives and opportunities.· The companies' marketing strategies strongly depend upon effective first-line sales managers.· To answer these challenges, any budding access provider will need to develop strong marketing strategies and programs to support future growth.
· Before you confirm a venue, plan your strategy for seat occupation in the main hall.· Was the planned strategy carried out, and has it resulted in the objective being met?· With companies now planning their entertainment strategy for the coming year, some will be looking for a more exciting day out.· Even if a perfect solution is not found, the child goes from being passive to planning a strategy and eventually acting.· Can land reform become part of a landscape-level land use planning strategy committed to social as well as environmental justice?· So in the I-way, careful planning and strategy must be coupled with flawless execution.· It never quite worked out as Lenin planned, but his strategy was inherited by Communists after him.· They were expected to plan strategy and execute programs for their work units.
· Instead, they pursue a novel identity strategy designed to side-step the potentially problematic issue of nationality.· If the system had been built on popular votes rather than the electoral college, each would have pursued a different strategy.· The personalized nature of disputes caused litigants to pursue all possible legal strategies even when it would have been more rational to compromise.· Traders and institutions value anonymity because it enables them to pursue investment strategies without being thwarted by competitors, the groups said.· Small wonder then, that private financiers did not pursue this strategy.· To return control to those who work down where the rubber meets the road, entrepreneurial leaders pursue a variety of strategies.· For lawyers or accountants the notion of pursuing a flexible strategy towards employment makes a lot of sense.· Key executives make a commitment to pursue a new strategy, only to return to business as usual.
· We decided to use a left-to-right strategy in the experiments described in Chapters 4, 5 and 6.· Like many corporations, Hewlett-Packard also guards against wild currency swings and huge losses on overseas deals by using cautious trading strategies.· Tackling truancy Schools reported using a range of strategies to tackle absence from school.· The most frequently used strategy was develop alliances and coalitions.· Note, we do not restrict player A to use a linear strategy.· Preoperational children rarely use a strategy based on reasoning.· They must present their arguments to the public, using whatever honest strategies they consider appropriate.
WORD FAMILYnounstrategystrategistadjectivestrategicadverbstrategically
1[countable] a planned series of actions for achieving something: the government’s long-term economic strategy a company’s business strategystrategy for doing something a strategy for dealing with crimestrategy to do something a strategy to attract younger audiences to jazz► see thesaurus at method, plan, way2[countable, uncountable] the skill of planning the movements of armies in a war, or an example of this: military strategies It is the general’s role to develop overall strategy.3[uncountable] skilful planning in general: The company must first resolve questions of strategy.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesan economic strategy· The government has changed its economic strategy.a business strategy· This is a high-risk business strategy.a marketing strategy· The firm is considering a change in its marketing strategy.a political strategy· Baldwin’s political strategy was almost totally successful.a coping strategy· Therapists can show a child new coping strategies.a survival strategy· He says his father’s withdrawal was a survival strategy.a successful/effective strategy· The most successful strategy is often the simplest one.a clear/coherent strategy· It is important that the company has a clear strategy.a high-risk strategy· The expansion plan is a high-risk strategy.a long-term strategy· The closure of these branches is part of our long-term strategy.verbsuse a strategy (also employ a strategy formal)· What strategies do you use to deal with these problems?adopt a strategy (=start to use it)· Both players adopted the same strategy.devise/work out a strategy (also formulate a strategy formal)· We had to devise strategies for saving money.develop a strategy· Groups can help members develop new coping strategies.evolve a strategy· The creatures which live in the river have evolved strategies for surviving sudden floods.pursue/follow a strategy (=do a particular planned series of actions)· They are pursuing different strategies.implement a strategy formal (=do a series of actions that you or someone else has planned)· The firm faces several challenges as it seeks to implement that strategy.a strategy works· The Government’s economic strategy was not working.