Word.ws English Dictionary

systematize

/ˈsɪstəməˌtaɪz/

systematize verb: to arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as a system.

Verb

systematize (third-person singular simple present systematizes, present participle systematizing, simple past and past participle systematized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as a system.
    • And it will be observed, that the intermediate kinds now, for the first time, systematized, are the most refined, and more closely resemble those which constitute the beauty of pictorial colouring.1845, David Ramsay Hay, The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematized, William Blackwood and Sons, page 48
    • In this book Nietzsche elaborated and systematized his criticism of morals, and undertook to show why he considered modern civilization degrading.1908, Henry L[ouis] Mencken, “[Nietzsche the Man.] The Prophet of the Superman.”, in The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, 1st U.K. edition, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, →OCLC, page 46
    Synonyms:
    systemize

systematize meaning in Vietnamese

systematize in Vietnamese

to arrange into a systematic order
hệ thống hoá

Synonyms of systematize

Forms of systematize

third-person singular presentsystematizes
present participlesystematizing
past participlesystematized
pastsystematized
alternative formsystematise

Origin of systematize

From systematic + -ize.

Words formed from systematize

Questions about systematize

What does systematize mean?
Systematize means to arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as a system.
What is systematize in Vietnamese?
Systematize in Vietnamese is hệ thống hoá. See Systematize meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is systematize?
Systematize is a verb.
How do you pronounce systematize?
Systematize is pronounced /ˈsɪstəməˌtaɪz/.
What is the past tense of systematize?
The past tense of systematize is systematized.

Words near systematize in the dictionary

  1. systematists
  2. systemative
  3. systematizable
  4. systematization
  5. systematizations
  6. systematize
  7. systematized
  8. systematizer
  9. systematizers
  10. systematizes
  11. systematizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: systematize (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-systematize.wav.

Cite this entry: “systematize.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/systematize. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.