system
A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
Noun 2 meanings
A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
A method or way of organizing or planning.
“Followers should have a system to follow that works in their interests, not against them.”
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).
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SYSTEM at a glance
SYSTEM has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (S 1 + Y 4 + S 1 + T 1 + E 1 + M 3) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #234 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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