strategy
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
strategy
the science and art of employing military forces and commands to meet the enemy in combat under advantageous conditions. (Note: a related root is agog, which means to lead)
战略, 策略
Dissection of strategy
strategy = strat (army) + eg (=ag, lead) + -y (suffix for noun)
strategy = leading an army
the science of planning and directing large-scale military operations
Now Repeat my Dissection
strategy = leading an army
the science of planning and directing large-scale military operations
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
Repetition is the key to learning.
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