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system noun
1 system
2 system A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole:— A vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going.
synonym: scheme .
Roget 626 :
plan ,
scheme ,
design ,
project ;
proposal ,
proposition ,
suggestion ;
resolution ,
motion ;
precaution
etc.
(provision)
673 ;
deep-laid plan
etc.
(premeditated)
611 ;
system
etc.
(order)
58 ;
organization
etc.
(arrangement)
60 ;
germ
etc.
(cause)
153 .
sketch ,
skeleton ,
outline ,
draught ,
draft ,
ebauche [Fr.] ,
brouillon [Fr.] ;
rough cast ,
rough draft ,
draught copy ;
copy ;
proof ,
revise .
drawing ,
scheme ,
schematic ,
graphic ,
chart ,
flow chart
(representation)
554 .
forecast ,
program ,
programme ,
prospectus ;
carte du pays [Fr.] ;
card ;
bill ,
protocol ;
order of the day ,
list of agenda ;
bill of fare
etc.
(food)
298 ;
base of operations ;
platform ,
plank ,
slate [U.S.] ,
ticket [U.S.] .
role ;
policy
etc.
(line of conduct)
692 .
contrivance ,
invention ,
expedient ,
receipt ,
nostrum ,
artifice ,
device ;
pipelaying [U.S.] ;
stratagem
etc.
(cunning)
702 ;
trick
etc.
(deception)
545 ;
alternative ,
loophole ;
shift
etc.
(substitute)
147 ;
last shift
etc.
(necessity)
601 .
measure ,
step ;
stroke ,
stroke of policy ;
master stroke ;
trump card ,
court card ;
cheval de bataille [Fr.] ,
great gun ;
coup ,
coup d'etat [Fr.] ;
clever stroke ,
bold stroke ,
good move ,
good hit ,
good stroke ;
bright thought ,
bright idea .
intrigue ,
cabal ,
plot ,
conspiracy ,
complot † ,
machination ;
subplot ,
underplot † ,
counterplot .
schemer ,
schemist † ,
schematist † ;
strategist ,
machinator ;
projector ,
artist ,
promoter ,
designer
etc.
v.;
conspirator ;
intrigant
etc.
(cunning)
702 † .
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Dutch: stelsel Polish: struktura, system, układ
3 system physical chemistry A sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium.
4 system 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.
synonym: system of rules .
Dutch: bestel, stelsel, systeem Polish: filozofia, klucz, zasada, system, mechanizm
5 system An organized structure for arranging or classifying:— He tried to understand their system of classification.
synonyms: arrangement , organisation , organization .
Roget 58 :
order ,
regularity ,
uniformity ,
symmetry ,
lucidus ordo [Lat.] ;
music of the spheres .
gradation ,
progression ;
series
etc.
(continuity)
69 .
subordination ;
course ,
even tenor ,
routine ;
method ,
disposition ,
arrangement ,
array ,
system ,
economy ,
discipline orderliness
etc.
adj..
rank ,
place
etc.
(term)
71 .
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Dutch: bestel, inrichting, organisatie, organisme, stelsel, systeem
6 system A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts.
Polish: system organów, układ, układ narządów
7 system A procedure or process for obtaining an objective.
8 system The living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole.
Dutch: stelsel Polish: ustrój
9 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.
synonyms: organisation , organization .
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