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• strategy */*/*/ — UK [ˈstrætədʒɪ] / US noun Word forms strategy : singular strategy plural strategies 1) [countable] a plan or method for achieving something, especially over a long period of time successful language learning strategies The countries hope to… …   English dictionary

• strategy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ effective, good, sound (esp. AmE), successful, winning ▪ bad, poor ▪ alternative, d …   Collocations dictionary

• devise — 01. The criminals [devised] a plan to get into the bank at night disguised as janitors. 02. We need to [devise] a strategy which will allow us to increase our sales without increasing our advertising costs. 03. The children [devised] a plan to… …   Grammatical examples in English

• strategy*/ — [ˈstrætədʒi] noun 1) [C] a plan or method for achieving something a strategy to reduce government spending[/ex] successful language learning strategies[/ex] 2) [U] the skill of planning how to achieve something experts in military strategy[/ex] • …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• devise */*/ — UK [dɪˈvaɪz] / US verb [transitive] Word forms devise : present tense I/you/we/they devise he/she/it devises present participle devising past tense devised past participle devised to invent a method of doing something They ve devised a scheme to… …   English dictionary

• devise — I. transitive verb (devised; devising) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French deviser, diviser, to divide, distinguish, invent, from Vulgar Latin *divisare, frequentative of Latin dividere to divide Date: 13th century 1. a. to form in the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• strategy — strat|e|gy [ strætədʒi ] noun *** 1. ) count a plan or method for achieving something, especially over a long period of time: successful language learning strategies The countries hope to devise a common strategy to provide aid. 2. ) uncount the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• devise — verb Devise is used with these nouns as the object: ↑formula, ↑instrument, ↑means, ↑method, ↑plan, ↑ploy, ↑recipe, ↑scheme, ↑strategy, ↑structure, ↑system, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• devise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bequeath, will; produce, invent, fashion, concoct. See giving, imagination, plan, transfer. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. invent, conceive, form, contrive, formulate, *cook up, create, *whip up …   English dictionary for students

• Exit strategy — An exit strategy is a means of escaping one s current situation, typically an unfavourable situation. An organization or individual without an exit strategy may be in a . At worst, an exit strategy will save face; at best, an exit strategy will… …   Wikipedia

• Cribbage (strategy) — Cribbage, or crib, is a card game where points are scored for holding certain combinations of cards and for playing the cards in a certain order. Contents 1 Strategy 1.1 Throwing your hand 1.2 Throwing defensively to the crib …   Wikipedia