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- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a group of related things or parts that function together as a whole.
There are twelve elementary schools in our city's school system.- similar words:
- complex, network, scheme
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| definition 2: |
a set of organs in the body that work together to perform certain a certain function or functions.
The digestive system processes food.The skeletal system supports the muscles. |
| definition 3: |
a human or animal body as a unit.
The doctor found toxic substances in his system.- synonyms:
- body
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| definition 4: |
an ordered set of doctrines, ideas, or principles.
a system of ethics- synonyms:
- set
- similar words:
- apparatus, regime
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| definition 5: |
a particular method of procedure, organization, or classification.
The people are demanding a new system of government.The books are organized according to a system.- synonyms:
- method
- similar words:
- apparatus, modus operandi, order, procedure, technique
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| definition 6: |
organized, orderly methods; orderliness.
The project needs system in order to succeed.- synonyms:
- method, orderliness
- similar words:
- machinery
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| related words: |
aesthetic, apparatus, discipline, dogma, government, groove, line, machine, matrix, mode, order, organism, organization, plan, policy, procedure, process, tract, way |
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| derivation: |
systemless (adj.) |
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