system

Plural: systems

Noun

• A set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole.
• instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
  • "he bought a new stereo system"
  • "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
• a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
  • "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
• (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
  • "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"
  • "a system generating hydrogen peroxide"
• a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
  • "they have to operate under a system they oppose"
  • "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"
• an organized structure for arranging or classifying
  • "he tried to understand their system of classification"
• a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
  • "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
• a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
  • "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
• the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
  • "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"
• an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
  • "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"
• A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
• A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
• A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
• A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
• A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
• A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
• A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
• A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
• A set of body organs having a particular function.
• A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
• A set of alters of a person, or the multiple (“an individual with multiple personalities”) who contains them.
• A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
• A system in which two or more objects are bound to each other by gravity.
• A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
• A comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs.
• A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
• The mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
• A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
• A set of rules for a tabletop roleplaying game.
• A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
• A socioeconomic formation.
• A method or way of organizing or planning.

Examples

• Followers should have a system to follow that works in their interests, not against them.
• His Scrabble strategy was a complex SYSTEM of interlocking words, making it hard to counter.
• The capitalist system
• the digestive system  the nervous system
• There are eight planets in the solar system.

Synonyms

arrangement, organisation, organization, scheme, system of rules, complex, composition, multiple, plural system, set up, structure

Related Words

network