system
//ˈsɪstəm//
Forms
- Plural
- systems
Definitions
1.A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
- There are eight planets in the solar system.
- In the footnote attached to this statement Rosen refers to the “hypnotic” quality of Kojève’s system.
- But that alter often turns out to be relatively recent and fairly peripheral in the multiple's total system of alters.
2.A method or way of organizing or planning.
- Followers should have a system to follow that works in their interests, not against them.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #219
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
Partly borrowed from Middle French sisteme, systeme, partly directly from its etymon Late Latin systēma (“harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects; set of troops; system”), from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “musical scale; organized body; whole made of several parts or members”), from σῠνίστημῐ (sŭnístēmĭ, “to combine, organize”) + -μᾰ (-mă, resultative suffix). σῠνίστημῐ is from σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”).