systematic

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/ UK /ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk/ See IPA manual

adj adv Freq #23604

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1

adj
Done in a careful, organized, and thorough way according to a plan.

They made a systematic search of every room.
2

adj
Following a fixed method; regular and orderly.

He took a systematic approach to learning the language.
3

adv
In a careful, organized, step-by-step way.

They worked systematic through the whole list.

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Opposites

asystematicnonsystematicunsystematic

Word family

Forms systematicalunsystematic

Derived forms asystematicbiosystematicchemosystematicecosystematicintersystematicnonsystematicoversystematicsemisystematicsystematicalitysystematicallysystematicistsystematicity

Related forms systemic

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.

συστηματικός grc-koi

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Describing Qualities

# systematic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, adv
**IPA (US):** ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk
**IPA (UK):** ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk
**Frequency rank:** 23604

## Meanings
1. Done in a careful, organized, and thorough way according to a plan.
2. Following a fixed method; regular and orderly.
3. In a careful, organized, step-by-step way.

## Examples
- They made a systematic search of every room.
- He took a systematic approach to learning the language.
- They worked systematic through the whole list.

## Antonyms
- asystematic
- nonsystematic
- unsystematic

## Derived Forms
- asystematic
- biosystematic
- chemosystematic
- ecosystematic
- intersystematic
- nonsystematic
- oversystematic
- semisystematic
- systematicality
- systematically
- systematicist
- systematicity

## Related Forms
- systemic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: συστηματικός

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Systematic is 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. In present-day use, it can mean done in a careful, organized, and thorough way according to a plan, or following a fixed method; regular and orderly.

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- Describing Qualities

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