Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: stratagem
IPA transcription: [stɹ'ætədʒəm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: ploy, gambit, stratagem
    Meaning: a maneuver in a game or conversation
Usage examples
  • "Oh, by stratagem, I mean, not by force.
  • It was found necessary to use stratagem for the purpose.
  • That can only be done by stratagem, and by catching him when he is not surrounded by these people.
  • However, Josephus contrived another stratagem besides the foregoing, to get plenty of what they wanted.
  • He dodged back, untouched, and instantaneously devised a stratagem to cope with this untoward development.
  • Some now took one direction, some another, and he perceived with joy that his stratagem had been at least partially successful.
  • He does not count his money, but measures it." Cassim desired her to explain the riddle, which she did by telling him the stratagem she had used to make the discovery, and showed him the piece of money, which was so old that they could not tell in what prince's reign it was coined.