systematic
Syllables: sys·te·mat·icUK/ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk//ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/
systematic adjective: carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.
Adjective
systematic (comparative more systematic, superlative most systematic)
- Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.
- The existence of a systematic nomenclature for the unknown elements does not deny the right of 'discoverers' of new elements to suggest other names to the Commission after their discovery has been established beyond all doubt in the general scientific community.2025 December 7 (last accessed), G. P. Moss, “Recommendations for the Naming of Elements of Atomic Numbers Greater than 100”, in IUPAC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2025
- Methodical; regular and orderly.
- Particular note, in this period, should be made of the actions of Joseph Denman, commander of the Northern Division of the Squadron, who went on an absolutely ruthless and systematic campaign along the African coast, burning so-called "slaving factories" to the ground and openly daring anyone who...2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 9:26 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024
- Treating an object as a system or coherent whole.
- the systematic study of religious beliefs
- Of or relating to taxonomic classification.
- Of, relating to, or in accordance with generally recognized conventions for the naming of chemicals.
- Of, relating to, or being a system.
- But the systematic judgment is altogether unprofitable. Its author has not really his eye upon the professed object of his criticism at all, but upon something else, which he wants to prove by means of that object. […] As it is, all that he tells us is that he is no genuine critic, but a man with a...1878 January, “A French Critic on Goethe”, in The Quarterly Review, volume 145, number 289, page 145
- And Paruta’s work also suggests that Venetians in the generation following the battle of Lepanto, although without altogether abandoning systematic views, were tending increasingly to look to history for their understanding of human affairs.1968, William J. Bouwsma, Venice and the Defense of Republican Liberty: Renaissance Values in the Age of Counter Reformation, page 219
Adverb
systematic (comparative more systematic, superlative most systematic)
- systematically
- "So soon as they've settled all our guns and ships, and smashed our railways, and done all the things they are doing over there, they will begin catching us systematic, picking the best and storing us in cages and things."1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann
- And say, when them Gogs started out to put a thing through they did it systematic and thorough.2019, Sewell Ford, Torchy and Vee
systematic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
systematic in Hindi
- carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
- व्यवस्थित vyavasthit, नियोजित niyojit
- methodical, regular and orderly
- व्यवस्थित vyavasthit, नियोजित niyojit
systematic in Tamil
- முறைப்படியான, முறையான, ஒழுங்கு முறையான, முறைப்படி, முறைக்குரிய, திட்டப்படியான
systematic in Marathi
- systematic; properly arranged in sequence or in their appropriate places
- व्यवस्थित vyavasthit
systematic in Urdu
- باقائدہ, اصولی
More languagesFewer languages
- systematic in Bengali
- নিয়মানুগ, প্রণালীবদ্ধ, নিয়মানুযায়ী, নিয়মাবদ্ধ
- systematic in Malayalam
- ക്രമീകൃതം, ക്രമീകൃത
- systematic in Kannada
- ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತ
- systematic in Tagalog
- maayusin
- systematic in Arabic
- مُمَنْهَج mumanhaj
- systematic in Indonesian
- sistematis
- systematic in Persian
- سیستماتیک sistemâtik
Examples of systematic in a sentence
- The Edisonian approach to innovation is characterized by trial-and-error discovery rather than a systematic theoretical approach.
- Some historians have since classified the Siege of Leningrad as a genocide due to the intentional destruction of the city and the systematic starvation of its civilian population.
- Resisting this systematic stupidification is a noble purpose, which can only be pursued in ordinary life.
Antonyms of systematic
Forms of systematic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more systematic |
| superlative | most systematic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | systematick |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more systematic |
| superlative | most systematic |
Origin of systematic
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.
Words formed from systematic
- asystematic
- biosystematic
- chemosystematic
- diasystematic
- ecosystematic
- intersystematic
- karyosystematic
- nonsystematic
- oversystematic
- presystematic
- semisystematic
- systematicality
- systematically
- systematic element name
- systematicist
- systematicity
- systematic name
- systematicness
- systematic risk
- systematics
- systematize
- transsystematic
- ultrasystematic
- unsystematic
Phrases with systematic
Words that rhyme with systematic
- automatic
- chromatic
- emphatic
- static
- idiomatic
- attic
- hexachromatic
- thematic
- aromatic
- democratic
- hepatic
- lymphatic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- schematic
- adiabatic
- aristocratic
- asymptomatic
- athematic
- autocratic
- axiomatic
- chiasmatic
- erratic
- fanatic
- fluorochromatic
- interchromatic
- phlegmatic
- prismatic
- psychosomatic
- quadchromatic
- rheumatic
- sciatic
- stromatic
- aerobatic
- altermatic
- aposematic
- asthmatic
- bathochromatic
- bizygomatic
- bureaucratic
- chorochromatic
- chromocratic
- circumzygomatic
- coccochromatic
- curatic
- diabatic
- dyschromatic
- endolymphatic
- episematic
- epistatic
- frontozygomatic
- glymphatic
- goniochromatic
- graphematic
- herostratic
- hydroinformatic
- idiosyncratic
- immunochromatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- katabatic
- kinechromatic
Questions about systematic
- What does systematic mean?
- Systematic means carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.
- What is systematic in Hindi?
- Systematic in Hindi is व्यवस्थित (vyavasthit), नियोजित (niyojit). See Systematic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is systematic?
- Systematic can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce systematic?
- Systematic is pronounced /ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near systematic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: systematic (page history and authors); systematic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); व्यवस्थित (Marathi) (page history and authors); systematic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); systematic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); systematic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); systematic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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