stratagem
11stratagem — [[t]stræ̱təʤəm[/t]] stratagems N COUNT A stratagem is a plan that is intended to achieve a particular effect, often by deceiving people. [FORMAL] Trade discounts may be used as a competitive stratagem to secure customer loyalty. Syn: ploy …
12stratagem — UK [ˈstrætədʒəm] / US noun [countable] Word forms stratagem : singular stratagem plural stratagems formal a plan for achieving something or for tricking someone …
13Stratagem — Eine Strategie ist ein längerfristig ausgerichtetes planvolles Anstreben einer vorteilhaften Lage oder eines Ziels. Formal mathematisch ist eine Strategie eine Folge von Funktionen von einer Zustandsmenge (zum Beispiel die Menge der denkbaren… …
14stratagem — noun Etymology: Italian stratagemma, from Latin strategema, from Greek stratēgēma, from stratēgein to be a general, maneuver, from stratēgos general, from stratos camp, army (akin to Latin stratus, past participle, spread out) + agein to lead… …
15stratagem — stratagemical /strat euh jem i keuhl/, adj. stratagemically, adv. /strat euh jeuhm/, n. 1. a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy. 2. any artifice, ruse, or trick devised or used to attain a goal or to gain an advantage… …
16stratagem — noun /ˈstɹæt.ə.dʒəm/ A deceptive tactic designed to gain the upper hand. Typically, involves underhanded dealings and obfuscation. See Also: strategic, strategist, strategy …
17Stratagem — geschicktes Nutzen einer gegebenen Lage; Taktik * * * Stra|ta|gem, das; s, e [ital. stratagemma < lat. strategema < griech. strate̅gēma] (bildungsspr.): Strategem …
18stratagem — Synonyms and related words: action, ad hoc measure, alibi, answer, apology, art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, blind, bluff, bosey, cabal, catch, chicanery, chouse, cloak, collusion, color, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance,… …
19stratagem — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trick, subterfuge, artifice, ploy, ruse, guile, wile. See deception, cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trick, deception, plot, scheme; see method 2 . See Synonym Study at trick . III (Roget s 3… …
20stratagem — strat|a|gem [ˈstrætədʒəm] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Italian; Origin: stratagemma, from Latin, from Greek stratagema, from stratagein to lead an army , from strategos general , from stratos army + agein to lead ] formal a trick or plan to deceive an… …
