# systematic

Pronunciation: US/AUS say "sis-tuh-MAT-ik" /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/; UK say "sis-ti-MAT-ik" /ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk/

## Adjective

1. Done through a sequence of steps arranged in advance.
   - Simple: Done in a planned, careful order, one step at a time.
   - _Investigators conducted a systematic search of the building, floor by floor._
   - _The company adopted a systematic process for handling customer complaints._
2. Methodical and orderly; marked by regularity and care.
   - Simple: Careful and orderly, doing things in a regular way.
   - _She is famously systematic, labeling every file and folder._
   - _A systematic thinker, he weighed each option before deciding._
3. Treating something as a system or coherent whole rather than as separate, unrelated parts.
   - Simple: Looking at something as one whole system, not just separate parts.
   - _Ecologists favor a systematic understanding of the wetland, linking water, soil, and wildlife._
   - _Her systematic analysis of the economy connected each sector to the others._
4. Of or relating to the taxonomic classification of organisms.
   - Simple: About sorting living things into groups by type.
   - _The systematic position of the fungus was revised after DNA analysis._
   - _Her systematic study placed the new species within an existing genus._
5. Of or conforming to the recognized conventions for naming chemical compounds.
   - Simple: Following the agreed rules for naming chemicals.
   - _The systematic name 2-hydroxybenzoic acid identifies the compound more precisely than its common name._
   - _Each new molecule receives a systematic designation under the agreed naming rules._

## Adverb

6. In a methodical, orderly manner; according to a system. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: In a planned, orderly way, doing one thing after another.
   - _"Those inspectors went through our books real systematic, page by page," the owner grumbled._
   - _"You want to find that leak, you got to go about it systematic and patient," the old plumber said._

## Adjective

7. Of, relating to, or constituting a system. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Forming a system, or belonging to one.
   - _The treatise presents a systematic cosmos in which every sphere has its place._
   - _Their philosophy described the universe as a single systematic order._

## Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin systēmaticus, itself from Koine Greek sustēmatikós, formed from sústēma ('a composite; system') plus the adjective suffix -ikós. It is related to French systématique and Italian sistematico, and can be analyzed as system + -atic.

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