Strategy-
- Definition: a plan, method, or series of maneuvers for obtaining a specific goal or result
- strategies, strategize, strategized, strategizing, strategist, strategists, strategic, strategics, strategem
- Origin: greek strategia
- He had an obvious strategy for chess, because everyone he played against he ended up brutally beating.
- Johnny stood there in a trance strategizing a way to come back from being down 2-1 at half-time.
Research-
- Definition: diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theaories, aplications, etc.
- researches, researched, researching
- Root: re + search
- For her essay, Martha had to do research on the internet about World War II.
- In order to prove to my mom that i needed an iPhone, I did research to show her a convincing argument on why it was so necessary for me to have.
Cite-
- Definition: to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority; to mention in support, proof, or confirmation; refer to as an example
- cites, cited, citing, citation
- Origin: latin citare
- To defend his client in court, he cited the 1st ammendment of the constitution hoping it would fit the situation.
- I cited many situations where American pollution kills the environment when not properly disposed when I was trying to have recycling bins installed.
Phase-
- Definition: to schedule or order so as to be available when or as needed; slowly begining to incorporate
- phases, phased, phasing, phasis
- I could tell my coach was phasing in more and more liners into our practices, because we didn't recall being so exhausted afterwards.
Data-
- Definition: individual facts, statistics, or items of information
- datum
- Origin: datum
- My data showed that teenagers who text while doing homework have an average of a 20% lower overall GPA than those who don't.
- Unfortunately, his data proved me completely wrong during the debate. My lack of research showed.
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