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Strategic Pronunciation
Strategic is pronounced struh-TEE-jik, IPA /strəˈtidʒɪk/.
struh-TEE-jik
US /strəˈtidʒɪk/ · UK /strəˈtiːdʒɪk/
Syllables: struh · TEE · jik (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Planned with a long term aim in mind rather than an immediate one.
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Strategic in a Sentence
- The merger was a strategic decision, not a financial one.
- Oil reserves are held for strategic reasons.
- We made a strategic retreat from the bidding.
Common Mispronunciations of Strategic
Not STRA-tuh-jik
Strategy and strategic do not share a stress pattern. The noun loads the front, STRA-tuh-jee, while the adjective moves the beat to the middle and lengthens the vowel to TEE.
Not struh-TE-jik
Stretch that middle vowel to the ee of tea. A short e belongs in strategy, not here.
Tip: Three syllables, struh-TEE-jik. The g is soft because an i follows it.
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