system
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
he bought a new stereo system
Types & categories
- instrumentation
- audio system
- communication system
- computer system
- containment
- control system
- data system
- drainage system
- exhaust system
- explosive detection system
- explosive trace detection
- guidance system
- assemblage
- inertial guidance system
- lockage
- maze
- mechanical system
- navigational system
- electronic network
- network
- propulsion system
- resonator
- scaffolding
- security system
- selsyn
- shipboard system
- solar thermal system
- sprinkler system
- synchromesh
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 noun
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Sense 3 noun
(physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface
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Sense 4 noun
a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
they have to operate under a system they oppose
Types & categories
Sense 5 noun
an organized structure for arranging or classifying
he changed the arrangement of the topics
Types & categories
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Sense 6 noun
a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
the body has a system of organs for digestion
Types & categories
- body part
- articulatory system
- digestive system
- endocrine system
- venous blood system
- immune system
- integumentary system
- reticuloendothelial system
- mononuclear phagocyte system
- muscular structure
- musculoskeletal system
- nervous system
- central nervous system
- peripheral nervous system
- reproductive system
- urogenital system
- respiratory system
- sensory system
- tract
- vascular system
- skeletal system
Sense 7 noun
a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation
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Sense 8 noun
the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system
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Sense 9 noun
an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | substructure |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | module |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | instrumentation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | audio system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | communication system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | computer system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | containment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | control system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | data system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drainage system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exhaust system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | explosive detection system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | explosive trace detection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | guidance system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | assemblage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inertial guidance system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lockage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | maze |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mechanical system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | navigational system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | electronic network |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | network |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | propulsion system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | resonator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scaffolding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | security system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | selsyn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shipboard system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | solar thermal system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sprinkler system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | synchromesh |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | hierarchy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | group |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | language system |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | judicatory |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | economy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ecosystem |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | social organization |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dragnet |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | machinery |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | network |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonlinear system |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | subsystem |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | organism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | syntax |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | body |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shebang |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | solar system |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | water system |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | root system |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physical chemistry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | matter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | method |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | accounting |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | discipline |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | frame of reference |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gambling system |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | government |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | honor system |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | logical system |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | merit system |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | point system |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | spoils system |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | organon |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | program |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | theosophy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | anthroposophy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | logic |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | theological system |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ethical code |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | coordinate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | systematize |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | structure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | classification system |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | contrivance |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | frame of reference |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | data structure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | design |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | distribution |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | genetic map |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | kinship system |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lattice |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | living arrangement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ontology |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | calendar |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | articulatory system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | digestive system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | endocrine system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | venous blood system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | immune system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | integumentary system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | reticuloendothelial system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | mononuclear phagocyte system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | muscular structure |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | musculoskeletal system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | nervous system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | central nervous system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | peripheral nervous system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | reproductive system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | urogenital system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | respiratory system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sensory system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tract |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | vascular system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | skeletal system |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | plan of action |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | credit system |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | legal system |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pricing system |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | promotion system |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | live body |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | coordinate |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | systematize |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | organize |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | systematic |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | orderliness |