system

sys-tem · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole.

  2. 2.

    A set of principles or procedures according to which something is done.

  3. 3.

    The prevailing political or social order.

  4. 4.

    A group of organs in the body working together.

  5. 5.

    A computer or network of computers.

Forms

plural: systems

Related words

Antonyms: chaos, disorder
See also: method, organization, structure
Synonyms: arrangement, method, network, structure

Etymology

From Late Latin systēma, from Greek sústēma ("organized whole, body"), from sun- ("together") + histánai ("to set up, cause to stand"). The word originally meant "a composite whole" made of multiple parts.