Meaning & Definition of System in English

1. Instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity

• "He bought a new stereo system"

• "The system consists of a motor and a small computer"

2. A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

• "A vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

3. (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"

• "A system generating hydrogen peroxide"

4. A complex of methods or rules governing behavior

• "They have to operate under a system they oppose"

• "That language has a complex system for indicating gender"

5. An organized structure for arranging or classifying

• "He changed the arrangement of the topics"

• "The facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"

• "He tried to understand their system of classification"

6. A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts

• "The body has a system of organs for digestion"

7. A procedure or process for obtaining an objective

• "They had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"

8. The living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole

• "Exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"

9. An ordered manner

• Orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

• "His compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"

• "We can't do it unless we establish some system around here"