systematize
English
Alternative forms
- systematise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
systematic + -ize
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪstəməˌtaɪz/
Verb
systematize (third-person singular simple present systematizes, present participle systematizing, simple past and past participle systematized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- To arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as a system
- Synonym: systemize
- 1845, David Ramsay Hay, The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematized, William Blackwood and Sons, page 48,
- 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.
- 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 457640232, page 46:
- In this book Nietzsche elaborated and systematized his criticism of morals, and undertook to show why he considered modern civilization degrading.
- 2003, Sarah Jordan, The Anxieties of Idleness: Idleness in Eighteenth-century British Literature and Culture, Bucknell University Press, page 123,
- The European eighteenth century saw the establishment and expansion of two important and interlinked entities: the British Empire and the systematizing of nature.
- 2012, Mike Michalowicz, The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field, Penguin Random House (Portfolio), page 46,
- To get to your sweet spot, you also have to take into account your ability to systematize every aspect of your business. You may think (like Eric) that your industry is too unique or nuanced to systematize, but that's not the case.
Derived terms
- systematization
Related terms
- system
- systematic
Translations
to arrange into a systematic order
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References
- systematize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- systematize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Further reading
Systematization (Romania) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
Verb
systematize
- inflection of systematizar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative