Meaning of system In English

• 0 a set of connected things or devices that operate together:

  • a central heating system

  • The system keeps crashing and no one is able to figure out why.

  • the immune system

  • the nervous system

  • A run in the morning is good for the system - it wakes the body up and gets everything going.

• 1 a way of doing things:

  • We'll have to develop a better filing system.

  • Under this system, many people were prevented from voting.

  • The legal system operates very differently in the US and Britain.

  • the metric system of measuring and weighing

  • There doesn't seem to be any system to the books on these shelves - they're certainly not in alphabetical order.

  • He has his own ways of beating the system, making sure that he has good relationships with influential people.

• 2 a set of connected items or devices that operate together:

  • the system of interstate highways

  • We’re having a new computer system installed.

  • the digestive system

• 3 a way of doing things; a method:

  • My assistant will explain the system for filing a medical claim.

  • Under the US legal system, an accused person is innocent until proven guilty.

  • the metric system

• 4 a particular set of actions for doing something:

  • They designed a system that tracks results.

  • a system for (doing) sth The bank has streamlined systems for switching accounts.

  • a system of (doing) sth The core of the fraud was a system of double billing.

  • a complaints/tax/trading system

  • The quota system limits the volumes of clothing that China can ship to the US.

• 5 a group of organizations that work together for a particular purpose, or have similar activities:

  • the criminal justice system

  • the legal/financial system

  • Countries with better banking systems should have easier access to money at lower interest rates than those that do not.

• 6 a particular method of counting, measuring, or weighing things:

  • the metric system

• 7 a set of connected machines, etc. that operate together:

  • They design and build solar electric systems.

  • We need to install a sprinkler system.

• 8 a set of computer equipment and programs used together for a particular purpose:

  • At the moment, the company spends around €1million a year on its IT systems.

  • I can't process the order right now because our systems are down.

  • You need a password to get onto the system.