system
system is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system.
- noun. Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.
- noun. Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.
- noun. The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n.
- noun. An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.
- noun. One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians.
- noun. 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"
- noun. 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"
- noun. the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
"exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"
- noun. a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
"the body has a system of organs for digestion"
- noun. 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"
- noun. 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"
- noun. a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
"they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
- noun. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
"a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
- noun. (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"
Synonyms
organisation, organization, arrangement, scheme
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in system:
Common word forms
systems, systemed, systemise, systemize, systemless
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