System

Noun

 * 1) A collection of organized things; as in a solar system.
 * 2) A way of organising or planning.
 * Many people believed communism was a good system until the breakup of the Soviet Union.
 * 1) A whole composed of relationships among the members.
 * 2)  A set of staffs that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
 * 3)  A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.

Synonyms

 * apparatus, arrangement, complex, composition, logistics, machinery, organization, set up, synthesis, structure

Derived terms

 * biological system
 * closed system
 * complex adaptive system
 * complex system
 * conceptual system
 * cultural system
 * dynamical system
 * economic system
 * ecosystem
 * expert system
 * formal system
 * global positioning system
 * information system
 * isolated system
 * legal system of the world
 * metric system
 * multi-agent system
 * nervous system


 * open system
 * operating system
 * physical system
 * political system
 * sensory system
 * social system
 * sociotechnical system theory
 * solar system
 * subsystem
 * system dynamics
 * systems art
 * systems biology
 * systems categories
 * systems ecology
 * systems engineering
 * systems of measurement
 * systems science
 * systems theory

Related terms

 * systematic
 * systematisation, systematization
 * systematise, systematize

Adjectives for System
(General)

pure; monetary; runaway; star; terrestrial flexible; rational; corporate; constitutional delicate; cumbrous; foul; elective; optical pernicious; maudlin; digestive; mythic; rotting; intricate; dark; prefectorial; monarchical ; nervous; overtaxed; routined; innovating; differing; bloc; reducing; judicial; enormous; expensive; utmost; proposed; gymnastic; defective; cumbersome; complicated; correlated; absolute; anatomical; preposterous; stellar; pedantic; beneficent; feudal; ecclesiastical; rigorous; harmonious; sequential; barbarous; infallible; elliptic; native; addled; metrical; prudent; tragic; voluntary;  atrocious;  equitable; selfish; medieval; debased; feasible; vicious; respected; effective; rapid; voluminous; defensive; conventual; diverse; elevated; closed; expiring; weak; inferior; scientific; harmful; equivalent; merit; subtle; formidable; existing; elastic; extraordinary; philosophic; sympathetic; competitive; imperial; reflective; disastrous; antiquated; subversive; respiratory; vascular; chronological; vigilant; unstable; impersonal; representative; profit; excellent; severe; fruitless; vain; infant; patronage; magnificent distribution; experimental; ethical; full compact; discordant; regulated; imperial antiseptic; abstruse; drying.

Verbs for System
accept—; adapt to—; adhere to—; adopt—; afford—; apply—; base on—; brace—; buck —; cling to—; consolidate—; contrive—; corrupt—; curb—; demonstrate—; devise—; discard—; disrupt—; dominate—; elucidate —; entrench—; establish—; evolve—; extend—; fashion—; father—; formulate— forsake—; found—; inaugurate—; incorpo rate in—; install—; institute—; "knock"— map out—; master—; modify—; mold—: outmode—; overthrow—; promulgate—; reduce to—; reform—; restore—; shake—; shatter—; subscribe to—; supervise—; vindicate—; wed to—; —bars; —decrees; — disintegrates; —functions; —governs; — hinges on; —insures; —rears; —totters.

Verbs for System
(Human Body)

absorb into—; alkalize—; animate—; break down—; build up—; deplete—; derange—; drain—; emaciate—; fetter—; gear—; impoverish—; invade—; invigorate—; involve ——; nourish—; poison—; purge—; recharge —; regulate—; relieve—; tone up—; traverse—.

Thesaurus
Anschauung, Copernican universe, Einsteinian universe, MO, Newtonian universe, Ptolemaic universe, aggregation, algorithm, all, all being, all creation, allness, anality, angle, angle of vision, apple-pie order, approach, arrangement, array, attack, basis, blueprint, blueprinting, body-build, brand, calculation, cast, character, characteristic, characteristics, charting, combination, complex, complexion, composition, conception, concord, constituents, constitution, contrivance, cosmos, course, crasis, created nature, created universe, creation, deployment, design, device, dharma, diathesis, discipline, disposal, disposition, enterprise, entity, envisagement, ethos, everything that is, expanding universe, eye, fashion, fiber, figuring, fine fettle, footing, foresight, forethought, form, formation, frame, frame of reference, framework, game, genius, good condition, good shape, good trim, grain, graphing, ground plan, group, guidelines, guise, habit, harmony, hue, humor, humors, idea, ilk, integral, integrate, intention, kind, layout, light, line, line of action, lines, lineup, long-range plan, macrocosm, macrocosmos, makeup, manner, manner of working, mapping, marshaling, master plan, means, megacosm, mental outlook, mesh, metagalaxy, method, methodicalness, methodology, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus, modus operandi, mold, nature, neatness, network, omneity, operations research, order, orderliness, organization, outlook, pattern, peace, physique, place, plan, planning, planning function, plenum, point of view, position, practice, prearrangement, procedure, proceeding, process, program, program of action, property, proportion, pulsating universe, quality, quiet, quietude, rationalization, reference system, regard, regularity, respect, routine, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, set, set-up, setup, side, sidereal universe, sight, situation, slant, somatotype, sort, spirit, stamp, stand, standpoint, steady-state universe, strategic plan, strategy, streak, stripe, structure, style, suchness, sum, sum of things, symmetry, systematicness, systematization, tack, tactical plan, tactics, technique, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, the big picture, the drill, the how, the picture, the way of, tidiness, tone, totality, totality of being, tranquillity, trimness, type, uniformity, universe, vein, view, viewpoint, way, whole wide world, wide world, wise, working plan, world, world without end

Etymology
From late systema:, from  σύστημα:, from σύν: + ἵστημι:.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: sistem
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: sistema
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: ,
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: menetlus, süsteem
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German: (1,2,3),  (2)
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שִׁיטָה (šīta)
 * Hindi: रीति (rīti), क्रम (krama), सारणी (sāraṇī)
 * Hungarian:, szisztéma
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: systema
 * Irish:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: (けい),  (せいど)
 * Korean: 체계 (chegye), 제도 (jedo)
 * Latvian: sistēma
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maltese: sistema
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Sindhi: (sirishtow)
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, utaratibu,  mfumo
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu: వ్యవస్థ
 * Thai: (rábòp),  (náyōbāy),  (khrǔā)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uyghur: tüzümi
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: sitot
 * Welsh: or
 * Yiddish: סיסטעם

Noun

 * 1) system

Etymology
From late systema:, from  σύστημα:, from σύν: + ἵστημι:.

Noun

 * 1) Word used in star system:.

Etymology
From system:

Noun

 * 1) system

Noun

 * 1) system

Noun

 * 1) a system, a way or method of organizing items and knowledge
 * 2) a computer system (primarily its hardware)
 * 3) a system of restricted sales of alcohol, including state-owned monopoly shops

Related terms

 * datorsystem
 * Göteborgssystem
 * Stockholmssystem
 * sexualsystem
 * systematisk
 * systembolag
 * systembutik
 * systemenhet
 * systemera
 * systemleverantör
 * systemlösning