Definitions for system
system
sys·tem
Spelling: [sis-tuh m]
IPA: /ˈsɪs təm/
System is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 62 anagrams from letters in system (emssty).
Definitions for system
noun
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an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole:
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any assemblage or set of correlated members:
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an ordered and comprehensive assemblage of facts, principles, doctrines, or the like in a particular field of knowledge or thought:
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a coordinated body of methods or a scheme or plan of procedure; organizational scheme:
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any formulated, regular, or special method or plan of procedure:
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due method or orderly manner of arrangement or procedure:
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the world or universe.
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Astronomy.
a number of heavenly bodies associated and acting together according to certain natural laws:
a hypothesis or theory of the disposition and arrangements of the heavenly bodies by which their phenomena, motions, changes, etc., are explained:
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Biology.
an assemblage of organs or related tissues concerned with the same function:
the entire human or animal body considered as a functioning unit:
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one's psychological makeup, especially with reference to desires or preoccupations:
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a method or scheme of classification:
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(sometimes initial capital letter) the prevailing structure or organization of society, business, or politics or of society in general; establishment (usually preceded by the):
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Geology. a major division of rocks comprising sedimentary deposits and igneous masses formed during a single geologic period.
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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.
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Computers. a working combination of hardware, software, and data communications devices.
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Checkers. either of the two groups of 16 playing squares on four alternate columns.
Origin of system
1610-20; Late Latin systēma Greek sýstēma whole compounded of several parts, equivalent to sy- sy- + stē- (variant stem of histánai to cause to stand; akin to Latin stā
Examples for system
I think what we want and what we need is to be part of the system, and change it for the betterment of our people.
They possessed a system of writing of their own which they thought vastly superior.
That system has never failed us, but, for a time, we failed the system.
This system, once invented, was developed during thousands of years.
Both parties are now equal opportunity offenders when it comes to gaming the system.
But it is not only small airlines that reflect the laxity of the system.
There were no deaths on scheduled commercial aviation flights in 2014, in a system that operates 68,000 flights a day.
In addition, foreign films were limited by a system of licensure to a third of the number of domestic films.
It was charged that the system of education at Eton failed in every point.
But you can last longer if you jest keep the system in mind a little.