To plan and think carefully about the best way to achieve a goal or win a competition.
From 'strategy' (Greek 'strategia' = general's office, from 'stratos' = army + 'agos' = leader) plus '-ize' (to make or practice). Entered English in the 1900s.
The '-ize' suffix is one of English's most productive endings—you can add it to almost any noun to create a verb (prioritize, maximize, optimize, strategize), which shows how English generates new words efficiently!
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