systematize

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Also spelled systematised and systematises

US /ˈsɪstəmətaɪz/ UK /ˈsɪstəmətaɪz/ See IPA manual

Freq #388332

Meanings

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verb
to arrange facts, ideas, or activities into an organized and coherent system

The researchers began to systematize their observations into a formal classification.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to arrange facts, ideas, or... organizesystemizeclassify codify

More structure

Opposites

disorganizerandomize

Word family

Forms systematized

Derived forms systematizationsystematizer

Related forms system systematicsystemize

Etymology

Formed from systematic + -ize, on the model of words for putting something into a specified state or order. Systematic ultimately derives from Greek systema ("organized whole"), from syn- ("together") + histanai ("to set, place").

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