Entry Word: system

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 something made up of many interdependent or related parts <the national highway system allows travel from one end of the country to the other> <the democratic system of checks and balances in government>

Synonyms complex, network

Related Words interlacement, Internet, net, web; aggregate, conglomerate, totality, whole

2 a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective <if youʼre going to wrap all these presents in one afternoon, youʼll need a system> — see plan 1
3 the means or procedure for doing something <not the best system perhaps, but it gets the job done> — see method