English Explanatory Dictionary

systematic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.
  2. Methodical; regular and orderly.
  3. Treating an object as a system or coherent whole.
  4. Of or relating to taxonomic classification.
  5. Of, relating to, or in accordance with generally recognized conventions for the naming of chemicals.
  6. Of, relating to, or being a system.
adv
  1. systematically

Pronunciation

/ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk/ /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/ [ˌsɪs.təˈmæɾ.ɪk] en-us-systematic.ogg /ˌsəs.təˈmɛt.ək/ [ˌsəs.təˈmɛɾ.ək]

Word forms

systematic more systematic most systematic systematick

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin systēmaticus, from Koine Greek συστηματικός (sustēmatikós), from σύστημᾰ (sústēmă, “a composite; system”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix). Cognate with French systématique and Italian sistematico. By surface analysis, system + -atic.

Antonyms

asystematic nonsystematic unsystematic chaotic haphazard

Related words

systemic

Derived words

asystematic biosystematic chemosystematic diasystematic ecosystematic intersystematic karyosystematic nonsystematic oversystematic presystematic semisystematic systematicality systematically systematic element name systematicist systematicity systematic name systematicness systematic risk systematics systematize transsystematic ultrasystematic unsystematic
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