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logistics

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ləˈd͡ʒɪstɪks/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from their point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of satisfying customer requirements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: operations

Examples

  • logistics company
  • logistics management
  • handle the logistics
  • The logistics of the operation required careful planning.
  • She works in logistics, managing global supply chains.
  • We underestimated the logistics of moving an entire lab.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation of equipment, facilities, and personnel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: supply line

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of logistic

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: provision, supply, supplying

History

Etymology

From French logistique, coined or popularized 1830 by Antoine-Henri Jomini from logis (“lodging place”), in phrases maréchal des logis (“marshall of lodging”) (see maréchal des logis), major-général des logis (“major-general of lodging”). Possibly influenced by existing mathematical term logistique, of Ancient Greek origin; see logistic.

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: logistieke — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Albanian: logjistikë — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Arabic: سَوْقِيَّات (sawqiyyāt) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Arabic: لُوجِسْتِيَّة (lūjistiyya) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Armenian: լոգիստիկա (logistika) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Armenian: նյութատեխնիկական ապահովում (nyutʻatexnikakan apahovum) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Azerbaijani: logistika — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Belarusian: лагі́стыка (lahístyka) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Bulgarian: логи́стика (logístika) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Chinese Mandarin: 物流 (wùliú) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Chinese Mandarin: 運籌 /运筹 (yùnchóu) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Czech: logistika — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Danish: logistik — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Dutch: logistiek — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Estonian: logistika — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Finnish: logistiikka — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • French: logistique — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Galician: loxística — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Georgian: ლოგისტიკა (logisṭiḳa) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Georgian: საქონელმოძრაობა (sakonelmoʒraoba) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • German: Logistik — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Greek: επιμελητεία (epimeliteía) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Hebrew: לוֹגִיסטִיקָה (logístika) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Hindi: संभार-तंत्र (sambhār-tantra) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Hindi: सुप्रचालन तंत्र (supracālan tantra) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Hindi: लॉजिस्टिक्स (lŏjisṭiks) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Hungarian: logisztika — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Indonesian: logistik — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Irish: lóistíocht — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Italian: logistica — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Japanese: 物流 (butsuryū) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Japanese: 運送 (unsō) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Kazakh: логистика (logistika) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Korean: 물류 (mullyu) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Kyrgyz: логистика (logistika) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Latvian: loģistika — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Lithuanian: logistika — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Macedonian: логистика (logistika) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Malay: logistik — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Norwegian Bokmål: logistikk — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Iranian Persian: تَدارُکات (tadârokât) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Iranian Persian: آماد (âmâd) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Iranian Persian: لُجِسْتیک (lojestik) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Polish: logistyka — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Portuguese: logística — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Romanian: logistică — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Russian: логи́стика (logístika) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Serbo-Croatian: логѝстика — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Serbo-Croatian: logìstika — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Slovak: logistika — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Slovene: logistika — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Spanish: logística — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Swedish: logistik — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Tagalog: lohistika — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Tajik: логистика (logistika) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Thai: โลจิสติกส์ (loo-jís-dtìk) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Turkish: lojistik — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Ukrainian: логі́стика (lohístyka) — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Uzbek: logistika — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Vietnamese: hậu cần — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Vietnamese: tiếp vận — planning and implementing the flow of goods and services
  • Bulgarian: ти́лова слу́жба (tílova slúžba) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Catalan: logística — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 後勤 /后勤 (hòuqín) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兵站 (bīngzhàn) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Danish: logistik — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Danish: forsyningstropper — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Finnish: huolto — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • French: logistique — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Georgian: ლოგისტიკა (logisṭiḳa) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Georgian: სამხედრო ლოგისტიკა (samxedro logisṭiḳa) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • German: Logistik — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Greek: επιμελητεία (epimeliteía) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Irish: lóistíocht — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Italian: logistica — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Japanese: 兵站 (heitan) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Korean: 병참 (byeongcham) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Polish: logistyka — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Portuguese: logística — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Romanian: logistică — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Russian: логи́стика (logístika) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Russian: тыл и снабже́ние (tyl i snabžénije) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Russian: материа́льно-техни́ческое обеспече́ние (materiálʹno-texníčeskoje obespečénije) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Russian: слу́жба ты́ла (slúžba týla) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Russian: тыл (tyl) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Spanish: logística — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Ukrainian: логі́стика (lohístyka) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Ukrainian: забезпе́чення (zabezpéčennja) — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Vietnamese: hậu cần — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
  • Vietnamese: tiếp vận — military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation
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