Stratagem — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a maneuver in a game or conversation

an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stɹˈæɾeɪdʒəm/

🇬🇧British English

/stɹˈateɪdʒəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stɹˈateɪdʒəm/

3 syllables Say it as /stɹˈæɾeɪdʒəm/.

Examples

his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

contrivance gambit ploy dodge

Parts of Speech

noun	a maneuver in a game or conversation
noun	an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade “his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track”

Word Forms

dodgy

adjective

marked by skill in deception

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

List

ein Manöver in einem Spiel oder Gespräch

🇫🇷French

stratagème

une manœuvre dans un jeu ou une conversation

🇪🇸Spanish

estratagema

una maniobra en un juego o conversación

🇮🇹Italian

stratagemma

una manovra in un gioco o in una conversazione

🇳🇱Dutch

list

een manoeuvre in een spel of gesprek

🇵🇹Portuguese

estratagema

uma manobra em um jogo ou conversa

🇷🇺Russian

военная хитрость

маневр в игре или разговоре

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कपट

किसी खेल या बातचीत में एक चाल

🇧🇩Bengali

কৌশল

একটি খেলা বা কথোপকথনে একটি কৌশল

🇮🇳Tamil

தந்திரம்

ஒரு விளையாட்டு அல்லது உரையாடலில் ஒரு சூழ்ச்சி

🇮🇳Telugu

వ్యూహం

ఆట లేదా సంభాషణలో యుక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

डावपेच

खेळ किंवा संभाषणातील युक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

યુક્તિ

રમત અથવા વાતચીતમાં દાવપેચ

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಂತ್ರ

ಆಟ ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಭಾಷಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಶಲತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തന്ത്രം

ഒരു ഗെയിമിലോ സംഭാഷണത്തിലോ ഉള്ള ഒരു കുസൃതി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰਣਨੀਤੀ

ਇੱਕ ਖੇਡ ਜਾਂ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਚਾਲ

🇵🇰Urdu

حکمت عملی

کھیل یا گفتگو میں ایک چال

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

计谋

游戏或谈话中的动作

🇯🇵Japanese

計略

ゲームや会話における操作

🇰🇷Korean

계략

게임이나 대화에서의 기동

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mưu kế

một thao tác trong trò chơi hoặc cuộc trò chuyện

🇹🇭Thai

อุบาย

การซ้อมรบในเกมหรือการสนทนา

🇮🇩Indonesian

tipu

manuver dalam permainan atau percakapan

🇵🇭Filipino

diskarte

isang maniobra sa isang laro o usapan

🇲🇾Malay

muslihat

gerakan dalam permainan atau perbualan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حيلة

مناورة في لعبة أو محادثة

🇮🇷Persian

تدبیر

یک مانور در یک بازی یا مکالمه

🇹🇷Turkish

strateji

bir oyunda veya konuşmada bir manevra

🇮🇱Hebrew

תַכסִיס

תמרון במשחק או בשיחה

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