- [countable] an organized set of ideas or theories or a particular way of doing something
- reform of the country's education system
- the criminal justice system
- the healthcare system
- the legal/financial/political system
- system for doing something Systems are in place for dealing with complaints.
- system of something a system of government
Wordfindersee also binary, Decision Review System, honor system, imperial (2), metric system, quota system, value systemExtra Examples- How is the system organized?
- The game has a complex scoring system.
- Under the new system, all children will be monitored by a senior social worker.
- This system allows you to study at your own speed.
- Fortunately the class system is not as rigid as it once was.
- The law applies to schools within the state system.
- The country's economic system is close to collapse.
- The governor referred to a prison system that was bankrupt of compassion.
- They have a modern and efficient healthcare system.
- They introduced a democratic parliamentary system in the 1980s.
- He played the legal system to his own advantage.
- the need to modernize the judicial system
- The justice system is based on just one or two fundamental principles.
- a backlog of cases clogging up the system
- Once your systems are in place you can concentrate on the main focus of your business.
- The new system is designed to eliminate fraud.
- We need to re-examine the systems we are currently using.
- The so-called reforms merely perpetuate an unjust system.
- They devised an appropriate system for presenting the required information.
- There is a national system for exchanging essential information.
- We are implementing a new system of stock control.
- Our system of granting visas is unnecessarily complicated.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- existing
- modern
- …
- build
- create
- design
- …
- exist
- be based on something
- rest on something
- …
- in a/the system
- under a/the system
- system for
- …
- [countable] a group of things, pieces of equipment, etc. that are connected or work together
- They installed a security system but it failed.
- How does the system work?
Extra Examples- The alarm system had been switched off.
- He is currently on a life-support system in the local hospital.
- attempts to disrupt the rail system
- a fault in the sound system
- The air-conditioning system failed.
- For this month only, installing the system is free.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- advanced
- powerful
- interactive
- …
- install
- boot
- boot up
- …
- run
- crash
- fail
- …
- software
- design
- performance
- …
- in a/the system
- [countable] a set of computer equipment and programs that are used together
- to develop a new computer system
- We're designing a voice-recognition system.
- computerized information systems
Extra Examples- The latest computer system is much more efficient.
- an information retrieval system
- The system runs on this workstation.
- Just reboot the system and try again.
- [countable] a human or an animal body, or a part of it, when it is being thought of as the organs and processes that make it function
- Wait until the drugs have passed through your system.
- the male reproductive system
- Returning to work after a long break can be a terrible shock to the system (= a big change that is difficult to deal with).
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- auditory
- biological
- cardiovascular
- …
- in a/the system
- a shock to the system
- the system[singular] (informal, usually disapproving) the rules or people that control a country or an organization, especially when they seem to be unfair because you cannot change them
- You can't beat the system (= you must accept it).
- You have to learn how to work the system if you want to succeed.
- young people rebelling against the system
Extra Examples- It's not your fault—blame the system.
- She spent her years at school fighting the system.
- They are all part of the corrupt system we need to change.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French système or late Latin systema, from Greek sustēma, from sun- ‘with’ + histanai ‘set up’.
Idioms
See system in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee system in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishall systems go
- (informal) used to say that everything is working well or that everything is ready for something to happen or be successful
- The firm struggled to generate much business at the start, but now it's all systems go.
- Last weekend's heavy snowfall means it's all systems go for the ski season.
get something out of your system
- (informal) to do something so that you no longer feel a very strong emotion or have a strong desire
- I was very angry with him, but now I feel I've got it out of my system.
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