Words / B1

SIST-uh-m/ˈsɪstəm/

A system is a set of parts that work together, or an organised method: a booking system, the education system, a system for storing files. Method is how you do one thing; process is a series of steps; network is linked computers or people. Systematic is the adjective (done in an organised way). A systems error is IT English. The solar system is a science use.

Meaning

A set of things that work together, or an organised method.

Examples

• “The school has a new booking system.”
• “The new ticketing system is faster.”
• “You need a system for revising vocabulary.”

Good to know

a booking / education system. a system for + -ing. How-to word: method. Adjective: systematic.

Near in meaning

method

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