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system

  • noun
  • sys·tem
  • sĭsʹtəm

A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.

Other meanings

  1. A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.

  2. A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.

Related words

  • antisystem
  • cybersystem
  • intersystem
  • minisystem
  • nanosystem
  • shitstem
  • sysadmin
  • syscourse
  • syscovery
  • sysmedicalism
  • sysmedicalist
  • sysop

Example sentences

  • “Will the justice system hold up under pressure?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “Today we're going to learn about the olfactory system.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "σύστημα".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “system” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.