Standard Lemma guide

systematize

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /ˈsɪstəməˌtaɪz/
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1

verb

Meaning 1

To arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as a system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: systemize

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

arrange according to a system or reduce to a system

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • systematize our scientific knowledge

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: systematise, systemize, systemise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: order

Narrower terms: digest, codify

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English systematic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English systematize From systematic + -ize.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sistematiseer — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Armenian: համակարգել (hamakargel) — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Belarusian: сістэматызава́ць (sistematyzavácʹ) — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Bulgarian: систематизи́рам (sistematizíram) — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Catalan: sistematitzar — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Chinese Mandarin: (使)系統化 /系统化 — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Chinese Mandarin: (使)條理化 /条理化 — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Czech: systematizovat — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Esperanto: sistemigi — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Finnish: järjestelmällistää — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Finnish: järjestää — to arrange into a systematic order
  • French: systématiser — to arrange into a systematic order
  • German: systematisieren — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Hungarian: rendszerez — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Hungarian: szisztematizál — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Italian: inquadrare — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Japanese: 体系化する (taikeika suru) — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Latvian: sistematizēt — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Polish: systematyzować — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Polish: usystematyzować — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Polish: porządkować — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Polish: uporządkować — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Portuguese: sistematizar — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Romanian: sistematiza — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Russian: систематизи́ровать (sistematizírovatʹ) — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Russian: классифици́ровать (klassificírovatʹ) — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Spanish: sistematizar — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Ukrainian: систематизува́ти (systematyzuváty) — to arrange into a systematic order
  • Vietnamese: hệ thống hoá — to arrange into a systematic order