STRATEGIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strategic mean? 

• STRATEGIC (adjective)
  The adjective STRATEGIC has 2 senses:

1. relating to or concerned with strategy

2. highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war

  Familiarity information: STRATEGIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRATEGIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or concerned with strategy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

strategic; strategical

Context example:

strategic considerations

Pertainym:

strategy (an elaborate and systematic plan of action)

Derivation:

strategy (an elaborate and systematic plan of action)

strategy (the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war

Context example:

strategic bombing missions

Similar:

important; of import (of great significance or value)

Derivation:

strategy (the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war)

 Context examples 

Both Mars and Saturn will be traveling behind the scenes in your twelfth house, so again, talks will be quietly strategic.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Responsible for a broad range of Office of the Director strategic and financial management activities.

(Budget and Financial Management Office, NCI Thesaurus)

Their recommendations provide a framework for Institute strategic planning and for the development of operational plans by NCI divisions.

(Director's Working Group, NCI Thesaurus)

True detection of lies, even carried out by professionals, is only slightly higher than pure chance (54%), and the rate rises to 60%‑70% with strategic interviewing.

(The most reliable scientific model to date for detecting when a person is lying, based on thermography, University of Granada)

I knew from the way Dr. Van Helsing was searching about that he was trying to seek some strategic point, where we would be less exposed in case of attack.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

This charge has two critical components, the strategic support and conduct of research across a broad range of disciplines and the rapid and effective dissemination and use of the results of that research to significantly improve prevention, treatment and policy as it relates to drug abuse and addiction.

(National Institute on Drug Abuse, NCI Thesaurus)

If you need a spectacular day for a secret strategic meeting, choose March 11, or better yet, March 20.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The ideal case would be to combine both methods, strategic interviewing and thermography, moving our system to, for example, police stations, airports or refugee camps.

(The most reliable scientific model to date for detecting when a person is lying, based on thermography, University of Granada)

After July 1, Saturn will return to Capricorn to finish up his tour of duty in your twelfth house, a wonderful place to do research and to be meditative, strategic, and creative.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The methods we use in the laboratory are very different of those used, for example, by the Police, which uses the so‑called strategic interviewing (with questionnaires including ‘tricky’ questions and demanding a lot of details) to try and catch a liar.

(The most reliable scientific model to date for detecting when a person is lying, based on thermography, University of Granada)