system

/'sistim/

Thân thiện

The library uses a simple color-coded system to organize its books.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An organized set of ideas, principles, or methods forming a coherent whole: A system is a structured, orderly arrangement of interconnected parts or concepts designed to function together.
   • A set of connected things or devices that operate together: A system can refer to a group of physical components working as a unit.
   • The human or animal body, or a part of it, considered as a functional unit: The system can refer to the body or a specific set of organs with a common function.
   • A prevailing social or political order: The system can denote the established structure of rules, institutions, or governance in a society.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The solar system consists of the sun and the planets that orbit it.
  • We need a better filing system for these documents.
  • The new software system has improved our productivity.
  • The medicine helped to remove the toxin from her system.

Advanced Usage

• "To get something out of one's system": To do something so that one no longer has a strong desire to do it.
  • He went skydiving to get his fear of heights out of his system.
• "All systems go": Everything is ready and functioning correctly for an activity to begin.
  • The final checks are complete; it's all systems go for the launch.
• "To beat the system": To succeed in avoiding or overcoming the rules of an organization or society.
  • He found a legal loophole to beat the system.

Variants and Related Words

• Systematic (adj): Done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical.
  • She conducted a systematic review of the evidence.
• Systemic (adj): Relating to or affecting an entire system, especially the body as a whole.
  • The disease caused systemic inflammation.
• Systematize (verb): To arrange according to an organized system; make systematic.
  • The goal is to systematize the data collection process.

Synonyms

• Structure: A complex system considered from the point of view of its organization.
• Framework: A basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text.
• Network: An interconnected system of things or people.
• Method: A particular procedure for accomplishing or approaching something.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: "System" is primarily a noun and does not commonly form phrasal verbs. The following are common collocations.) - To systematize: To organize into a system. - The company hired a consultant to systematize its operations.

Related Idioms

• The system: Often used to refer critically to the established institutions and rules of society, seen as impersonal and oppressive.
  • He felt like just another cog in the system.
• To have a system: To have a particular method for doing something.
  • She has a system for packing her suitcase very efficiently.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
   • his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality
   • we can't do it unless we establish some system around here
2. the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
   • exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system
3. a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
   • they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation
4. a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
   • the body has a system of organs for digestion
5. an organized structure for arranging or classifying
   • he changed the arrangement of the topics
   • the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original
   • he tried to understand their system of classification
6. 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
7. (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
8. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
   • a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
9. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• organization
• organisation
• arrangement
• system of rules
• scheme