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system

US /ˈsɪstəm/

noun Foundation · A2 Công nghệ & kỹ thuật

Definition

instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The new payment system will make checkout faster for our customers.

Word Family

NounNoun
system gốc systemiser systemizer
VerbVerb
systemise systemize
AdjectiveAdj
systematic
AdverbAdv
systematically

Synonyms

  • frameworka hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
  • networkan interconnected system of things or people
  • mechanismthe atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

Collocations

  • Easy operating system
    to operating system, meaning to direct or control; projects, businesses, etc
  • Medium automated inventory tracking system
    to automated inventory tracking system, meaning to make automatic or control or operate automatically
  • Hard systemic failure in risk management protocols
    describing systemic failure in risk management protocols (affecting an entire system)
  • Very Hard beat the system through regulatory arbitrage
    to beat the system through regulatory arbitrage, meaning to come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

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