system
/ˈsɪstəm/US /ˈsɪstəm/system
NOUNDefinition of system
A system is a group of things that work together; a way of doing something.
Example: This coloured paper is part of my system for keeping lists of people.
an arrangement of many parts that work together
sistem, düzenExample: a railway system
a person's body
vücut, bünyeExample: Take a walk every day – it's good for the system!
a way of organizing something according to certain ideas, principles etc
sistem, yöntemler düzeniExample: a system of government/education
a plan or method
plan, yöntemExample: What is your system for washing the dishes?
the quality of being efficient and methodical
düzenExample: Your work lacks system.
the cells and tissues in your body that fight against infection
bağışıklık sistemiExample: Vitamins help boost (= make stronger) your immune system.
system
EXAMPLESExamples of system
The American legal system is complex but fair.
Example sentenceSuch systems can help patients in rehabilitation training so that fewer therapists are needed and training can be more enjoyable than traditional systems.
Example sentenceIn particular, those involved in research and development will see the newly implemented systems as of special relevance to automation.
Example sentenceWe can show an analogous result for the higher-rank systems.
Example sentenceOn the other hand, farmers without off-farm employment might have time to manage their systems intensively in order to achieve pesticide use reduction.
Example sentenceWe reduce (a) the multiplicity of parties to four party 'families' and (b) the diversity of the party systems to three types.
Example sentenceAging properties of the residual life length of k-out-of-n systems with independent but non-identical components.
Example sentenceThe data also raise questions about government stability in majoritarian and proportional systems.
Example sentenceThe basic problem: most chaotic systems' chaotic properties don't seem very relevant, directly or indirectly, to human life.
Example sentenceThe vertebrate immune system usually succeeds in recognising and eliminating foreign materials, causing little or no damage to host tissues.
Example sentenceAnother example of extremely harmful immune responses is autoimmunity, where the immune system attacks the individual's own tissue.
Example sentenceA positive feedback between active behavior and immune system makes the selection process effective.
Example sentenceThis reinforces the concept that the immune system of each host recognizes different polypeptide bands.
Example sentenceResulting changes in the immune system of one organism are not passed on to later organisms.
Example sentenceHe proposed that the immune system not only identified the foreign, but defined the self.
Example sentenceBeing able to distinguish self from nonself is crucial in the immune system.
Example sentenceIn this brief overview of the immune system, we have extracted four examples of selection.
Example sentenceThis coloured paper is part of my system for keeping lists of people.
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COLLOCATIONSCollocations with system
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