system

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
2. (countable, uncountable) A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
3. (countable, uncountable) A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
4. (countable, uncountable) A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
5. (countable, uncountable) A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
6. (countable, uncountable) A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
7. (countable, uncountable) A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
8. (countable, uncountable) A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
9. (capitalized, countable, derogatory, often, uncountable) A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
10. (countable, uncountable) A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
11. (countable, uncountable) A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
12. (countable, uncountable) A method or way of organizing or planning.

Synonyms

method

order

scheme

organization

procedure

manner

regime

process

rule

way

organisation

structure

plan

arrangement

network

regularity

mode

custom

institution

principle

control

set

systemic

tradition

establishment

practice

pattern

group

form

technique

policy

suppression

set-up

setup

strategy

series

command

lineage

sequence

government

regulation

degree

law

approach

school

🏫

body

manoeuvre

apparatus

machine

machinery

Translations

système

System

sistema

sistema

sistema

systeem

σύστημα

sistema

Methode

organisation

Ordnung

méthode

stelsel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪstəm/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: systeem

Cognate with French: système

Cognate with German: System

Cognate with Italian: sistema

Cognate with Portuguese: sistema

Cognate with Spanish: sistema

In summary

Partly borrowed from Middle French sisteme, systeme, partly directly from its etymon Late Latin systēma (“harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects; set of troops; system”), from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “musical scale; organized body; whole made of several parts or members”), from σῠνίστημῐ (sŭnístēmĭ, “to combine, organize”) + -μᾰ (-mă, resultative suffix). σῠνίστημῐ is from σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”).
Cognate with Dutch systeem, modern French système, German System, Italian sistema, Portuguese sistema, Spanish sistema. Doublet of systema.

Sentences

An example of such a system is a mass on a surface with friction .

An earlier system also called " Vixen " was never released .

The system was non-territorial.

Our earth is geologically active , while other planets in the solar system are not .

The lift was operated by a pneumatic system .

Three sections of the line are equipped with rack under the strub system .