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system
[ sis-tuhm ]
noun
- an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole:
a mountain system; a railroad system.
Synonyms:
- any assemblage or set of correlated members:
a system of currency; a system of shorthand characters.
- an ordered and comprehensive assemblage of facts, principles, doctrines, or the like in a particular field of knowledge or thought:
a system of philosophy.
- a coordinated body of methods or a scheme or plan of procedure; organizational scheme:
a system of government.
- any formulated, regular, or special method or plan of procedure:
a system of marking, numbering, or measuring; a winning system at bridge.
- due method or orderly manner of arrangement or procedure:
There is no system in his work.
- the world or universe.
Synonyms:
- Astronomy.
- a number of heavenly bodies associated and acting together according to certain natural laws:
the solar system.
- a hypothesis or theory of the disposition and arrangements of the heavenly bodies by which their phenomena, motions, changes, etc., are explained:
the Ptolemaic system; the Copernican system.
- Biology.
- an assemblage of organs or related tissues concerned with the same function:
the nervous system; the digestive system.
- the entire human or animal body considered as a functioning unit:
an ingredient toxic to the system.
- one's psychological makeup, especially with reference to desires or preoccupations:
to get something out of one's system.
- a method or scheme of classification:
the Linnean system of plants.
- Usually the system. the prevailing structure or organization of society, business, or politics or of society in general; establishment:
to work within the system instead of trying to change it.
- Geology. a major division of rocks comprising sedimentary deposits and igneous masses formed during a single geologic period.
- Physical Chemistry. a combination of two or more phases, as a binary system, each of which consists of one or more substances, that is attaining or is in equilibrium.
- Computers. a working combination of hardware, software, and data communications devices.
- Checkers. either of the two groups of 16 playing squares on four alternate columns.
system
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a group or combination of interrelated, interdependent, or interacting elements forming a collective entity; a methodical or coordinated assemblage of parts, facts, concepts, etc
a system of currency
the Copernican system
- any scheme of classification or arrangement
a chronological system
- a network of communications, transportation, or distribution
- a method or complex of methods
he has a perfect system at roulette
- orderliness; an ordered manner
- the systemoften capital society seen as an environment exploiting, restricting, and repressing individuals
- an organism considered as a functioning entity
- any of various bodily parts or structures that are anatomically or physiologically related
the digestive system
- one's physiological or psychological constitution
get it out of your system
- any assembly of electronic, electrical, or mechanical components with interdependent functions, usually forming a self-contained unit
a brake system
- a group of celestial bodies that are associated as a result of natural laws, esp gravitational attraction
the solar system
- chem a sample of matter in which there are one or more substances in one or more phases See also phase rule
- a point of view or doctrine used to interpret a branch of knowledge
- mineralogy one of a group of divisions into which crystals may be placed on the basis of the lengths and inclinations of their axes Also calledcrystal system
- geology a stratigraphical unit for the rock strata formed during a period of geological time. It can be subdivided into series
system
- A group of bodily organs that have similar structures or work together to perform some function, such as the digestive system , nervous system , and respiratory system .
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, adjective
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Origin of system1
Idioms and Phrases
see all systems go ; out of one's system .Example Sentences
More than a third of people now say they do not trust the Constitutional Court while delivered Yoon's verdict; more than a quarter do not trust the voting system.
Canada now has one of the most liberal systems of assisted dying in the world, similar to that operating in the Netherlands and Belgium.
How do you price in the possible collapse of the international trading system, EU officials ask.
Because of Lebanon's fractured political system, the group has representation in the government.
Trump’s order casts the U.S. voting system as wildly outdated and woefully behind systems in other nations, and calls for the adoption of a new slate of nationwide voting standards.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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