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Strategy Pronunciation
Strategy is pronounced STRA-tuh-jee, IPA /ˈstrætədʒi/.
STRA-tuh-jee
US /ˈstrætədʒi/ · UK /ˈstrætədʒi/
Syllables: STRA · tuh · jee (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A plan designed to achieve a long-term aim.
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Strategy in a Sentence
- Their strategy was to wait out the winter.
- The strategy document runs to sixty pages.
- We need a strategy, not another meeting.
Common Mispronunciations of Strategy
Not struh-TEE-jee
The opening syllable carries the beat, and the rest runs downhill. The second-syllable version belongs to strategic.
Not STRA-tuh-gee
Keep the g soft, the j sound of gem. It hardens only in strategic and strategist.
Tip: Front-stressed as STRA-tuh-jee, then the beat moves for struh-TEE-jik.
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