adj
Meaning 1
Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
systematic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/
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Australian, Canada, General-American: /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/
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Australian, Canada, General-American: [ˌsɪs.təˈmæɾ.ɪk]
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California: /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/
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California: [ˌsɪs.təˈmæɾ.ɪk]
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New-Zealand: /ˌsəs.təˈmɛt.ək/
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New-Zealand: [ˌsəs.təˈmɛɾ.ək]
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rhymes with -ætɪk
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CMU ARPABET: S IH2 S T AH0 M AE1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Methodical; regular and orderly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: chaotic, haphazard
adj
Meaning 3
Treating an object as a system or coherent whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the systematic study of religious beliefs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Of or relating to taxonomic classification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Of, relating to, or in accordance with generally recognized conventions for the naming of chemicals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Of, relating to, or being a system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 7
systematically
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 8
characterized by order and planning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the investigation was very systematic
- a systematic administrator
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unsystematic
adjective
Meaning 9
of or relating to taxonomy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- taxonomic relations
- a taxonomic designation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: taxonomic, taxonomical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin systēmaticus, from Koine Greek συστηματικός (sustēmatikós), from σύστημᾰ (sústēmă, “a composite; system”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix). Cognate with French systématique and Italian sistematico. By surface analysis, system + -atic.
Across languages
Translations
98 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُمَنْهَج (mumanhaj) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Asturian: sistemáticu — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Azerbaijani: müntəzəm — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Azerbaijani: sistematik — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Azerbaijani: sistemli — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Belarusian: сістэматы́чны (sistematýčny) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Bulgarian: систематичен (sistematičen) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Catalan: sistemàtic — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Czech: systematický — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Danish: systematisk — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Dutch: stelselmatig — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Dutch: systematisch — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Finnish: järjestelmällinen — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Finnish: systemaattinen — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- French: systématique — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Galician: sistemático — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Georgian: სისტემატური (sisṭemaṭuri) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- German: systematisch — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Greek: μεθοδικός (methodikós) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Greek: συστηματικός (systimatikós) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Ancient Greek: μεθοδικός (methodikós) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Hindi: व्यवस्थित (vyavasthit) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Hindi: नियोजित (niyojit) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Hungarian: tervszerű — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Hungarian: szisztematikus — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Indonesian: sistematis — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Ingrian: sistematiceskoi — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Italian: sistematico — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Kazakh: жүйелі (jüielı) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Latin: systematicus — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Māori: pūnahanaha — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Norwegian Bokmål: systematisk — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Norwegian Nynorsk: systematisk — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Occitan: sistematic — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Persian: سیستماتیک (sistemâtik) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Polish: systematyczny — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Polish: planowy — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Portuguese: sistemático — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Russian: системати́ческий (sistematíčeskij) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Russian: системати́чный (sistematíčnyj) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Sicilian: sistimàticu — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Spanish: sistemático — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Swedish: systematisk — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Tagalog: maayusin — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Ukrainian: системати́чний (systematýčnyj) — carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- Arabic: مُمَنْهَج (mumanhaj) — methodical, regular and orderly
- Bulgarian: методичен (metodičen) — methodical, regular and orderly
- Catalan: sistemàtic — methodical, regular and orderly
- Czech: systematický — methodical, regular and orderly
- Danish: systematisk — methodical, regular and orderly
- Dutch: systematisch — methodical, regular and orderly
- Dutch: stelselmatig — methodical, regular and orderly
- Finnish: järjestelmällinen — methodical, regular and orderly
- German: systematisch — methodical, regular and orderly
- Ancient Greek: μεθοδικός (methodikós) — methodical, regular and orderly
- Hindi: व्यवस्थित (vyavasthit) — methodical, regular and orderly
- Hindi: नियोजित (niyojit) — methodical, regular and orderly
- Hungarian: szisztematikus — methodical, regular and orderly
- Hungarian: rendszeres — methodical, regular and orderly
- Hungarian: módszeres — methodical, regular and orderly
- Indonesian: sistematis — methodical, regular and orderly
- Norwegian Bokmål: systematisk — methodical, regular and orderly
- Norwegian Nynorsk: systematisk — methodical, regular and orderly
- Portuguese: sistemático — methodical, regular and orderly
- Romanian: sistematic — methodical, regular and orderly
- Russian: методи́чный (metodíčnyj) — methodical, regular and orderly
- Sicilian: sistimàticu — methodical, regular and orderly
- Sicilian: mitòdicu — methodical, regular and orderly
- Swedish: systematisk — methodical, regular and orderly
- Tagalog: maayusin — methodical, regular and orderly
- Catalan: sistemàtic — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- Czech: taxonomický — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- Finnish: systemaattinen — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- German: systematisch — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- Latin: systēmaticus — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- Latin: systēmaticālis — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- Latin: cladisticus — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- Polish: systematyczny — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- Portuguese: sistemático — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- Sicilian: sistimàticu — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- Sicilian: tassunòmicu — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- Tagalog: maayusin — of, or relating to taxonomic classification
- Asturian: sistemáticu — of, relating to, or being a system
- Bulgarian: системен (sistemen) — of, relating to, or being a system
- Catalan: sistemàtic — of, relating to, or being a system
- Czech: systémový — of, relating to, or being a system
- Esperanto: sistema — of, relating to, or being a system
- French: systématique — of, relating to, or being a system
- Galician: sistemático — of, relating to, or being a system
- German: System- — of, relating to, or being a system
- Occitan: sistematic — of, relating to, or being a system
- Polish: systemowy — of, relating to, or being a system
- Portuguese: sistemático — of, relating to, or being a system
- Romanian: sistemic — of, relating to, or being a system
- Romanian: sistematic — of, relating to, or being a system
- Russian: систе́мный (sistémnyj) — of, relating to, or being a system
- Sicilian: sistimàticu — of, relating to, or being a system
- Spanish: sistemático — of, relating to, or being a system
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