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Logistics Pronunciation
Logistics is pronounced luh-JI-stiks, IPA /ləˈdʒɪstɪks/.
luh-JI-stiks
US /ləˈdʒɪstɪks/ · UK /ləˈdʒɪstɪks/
Syllables: luh · JI · stiks (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The detailed organisation of moving people, goods or supplies.
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Logistics in a Sentence
- The logistics of the move took three months.
- She runs logistics for a chain of pharmacies.
- Logistics costs rose sharply over the winter.
Common Mispronunciations of Logistics
Not LOH-jis-tiks
The opening o loses its vowel completely and arrives as luh, because the beat has moved off it onto JI.
Not luh-GI-stiks
That g is soft, as it is in logic and region, since an i follows it.
Tip: The word ends in s but takes a singular verb, as mathematics and politics do.
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