strategic purpose

collocation in English

meaningsofstrategicandpurpose

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strategic
adjective
uk
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/
us
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/
helping to achieve a plan, for example in business ...
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purpose
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.pəs/
us
/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofstrategicandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That was the majorstrategicpurposeof the insertion of those words.
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They are building their vessels for astrategicpurpose.
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We all have our emotions in international affairs, and our strongly held feelings, but is it not up to both sides to subordinate those feelings to the mainstrategicpurpose?
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No one imagines that we could have an independent body working for a commonstrategicpurposenot under the orders of the commander of the main body.
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Where is thestrategicpurpose?
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Whilst we therefore need to recover their theoretical significance, we also need to capture theirstrategicpurpose.
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In the 1980s, commercialization using subsidiary companies -ourished for the samestrategicpurpose.
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The health reforms, which will ensure that money is not used merely to prop up institutions but has astrategicpurpose, are of profound importance.
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It is not customary to reveal thestrategicpurposeor the amount of materials in the stockpile.
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It is not sufficient to leave the agency without a clearstrategicpurposewhich will provide high quality, integrated environmental protection, management and enhancement.
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The amount of military effort required to keep those forces, whosestrategicpurposehas been out-dated, is superhuman.
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I shall want to know exactly what generalstrategicpurposethis proposed increase in conscription is required to fulfil.
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But that would serve nostrategicpurposeof any use.
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We should oppose those restrictions for two reasons: first, the restrictions harm our own exporters; secondly, to further astrategicpurpose.
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Therefore, in those days, our view was that the expenditure of so much money for a combined commercial andstrategicpurposewas not justified.
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Obviously there is astrategicpurposefor the pipeline and storage system.
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Thestrategicpurposewhich lies behind this campaign is to me fairly transparent.
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The right starting point is to put this question: what is thestrategicpurposeof farming in the context of food production?
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What an excellent economy it is when second-hand aircraft can be put to a useful life and astrategicpurpose.
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It is not customary to reveal thestrategicpurposeof this stock.
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