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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strategy |
| Synonyms: | approach, campaign, channels, course, defense, device, disposition, generalship, line, maneuver, maneuvering, means, method, move, plan, plan of attack, ploy, policy, procedure, red tape, scheme, stratagem, system, tack, technique, trick, way |
| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | administration |
| Synonyms: | care, carrying on, channels, charge, control, direction, execution, guidance, handling, intendance, leadership, management, manipulation, organization, oversight, plan, policy, posture, red tape, regimen, regulation, rule, running, strategy, superintendence, supervision, tactics, transaction, treatment, wielding |
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military practice, operation |
| Synonyms: | battle, deployment, drill, evolution, exercise, measure, movement, parade, plan, procedure, proceeding, stratagem, tactics, war games |
| Main Entry: | method |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means, procedure |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, approach, arrangement, channels, course, custom, design, disposal, disposition, fashion, form, formula, habit, line, manner, mechanism, method, mode, modus, modus operandi, nuts and bolts, plan, practice, proceeding, process, program, receipt, recipe, red tape, ritual, rote, routine, rubric, rule, rut, schema, scheme, shortcut, style, system, tack, tactics, technic, technique, tenor, the book, usage, way, ways and means, wise, wrinkle |
| Notes: | a method is a way of doing things; a methodology is a set or system of methods |
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scheme, design, way of doing things |
| Synonyms: | aim, angle, animus, arrangement, big picture, contrivance, course of action, deal, device, disposition, expedient, game plan, gimmick, ground plan, idea, intent, intention, layout, machination, meaning, means, method, orderliness, outline, pattern, picture, platform, plot, policy, procedure, program, project, projection, proposal, proposition, purpose, scenario, stratagem, strategy, suggestion, system, tactics, treatment, trick, undertaking |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above |
| Main Entry: | scheme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course of action |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, blueprint, chart, codification, contrivance, design, device, diagram, disposition, draft, expedient, game plan, layout, order, ordering, outline, pattern, plan, presentation, program, project, proposal, proposition, purpose, schedule, schema, strategy, suggestion, system, tactics, theory |
| Main Entry: | scheme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plot, maneuver to get result |
| Synonyms: | action, angle*, brainchild, cabal, conspiracy, covin, dodge*, frame-up, game, game plan, gimmick, hookup, hustle, hype*, intrigue, layout, machination, picture*, pitch, ploy, practice, proposition, put-up job, ruse, scenario, scene, setup, shift*, story, stratagem, subterfuge, tactics, trick*, twist* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strategy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of action |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, approach, artifice, blueprint*, brainchild, craft, cunning, design, game, game plan, gimmick, grand design, layout, maneuvering, method, plan, planning, policy, procedure, program, project, proposition, racket, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, slant, story, subtlety, system, tactics |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | system |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method, plan |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, artifice, course of action, custom, definite plan, fashion, logical process, manner, methodicalness, methodology, mode, modus, modus operandi, operation, orderliness, orderly process, pattern, policy, practice, procedure, proceeding, process, regularity, routine, scheme, strategy, structure, systematic process, systematization, tactics, technique, theory, usage, way, wise |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganization |
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