systemnoun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/system noun (SET)
B1 [ C ] a set of connected things or devices that operate together:
B1 [ C ] a set of computer equipment and programs used together for a particular purpose:
C2 [ C ] a set of organs or structures in the body that have a particular purpose:
[ C ] the way that the body works, especially the way that it digests food and passes out waste products:
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- Hot water circulates through the heating system.
- There appears to be a problem with the patient's respiratory system.
- A heavy fall of snow had disrupted the city's transport system.
- The accident was caused by the failure of the reactor's cooling system.
- Drink a lot of water to flush the toxins out of your system.
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Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- arrange
- arrangement
- catalogue
- categorize
- format
- organization
- precedence
- prioritize
- put sth/sb in a pigeonhole idiom
- range
- reconstruct
- rejig
- stream
- tick sth off
- topology
- track
- tracking
- triage
- umbrella
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system noun (METHOD)
B2 [ C ] a way of doing things:
B2 [ C ] a particular method of counting, measuring, or weighing things:
[ U ] approving the intentional and organized use of a system:
unfair laws and rules that prevent people from being able to improve their situation:
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- After the trial, his family said they had lost all faith in the judicial system.
- Pregnant women are exempt from dental charges under the current health system.
- Do you understand the system of classification used in ornithology?
- The present voting system distorts the wishes of the electorate.
- The present tax system penalizes poor people.
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- approach
- avenue
- basis
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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