systematize

English

Alternative forms

• systematise

Etymology

systematic +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪstəməˌtaɪz/

Verb

systematize (third-person singular simple present systematizes, present participle systematizing, simple past and past participle systematized)

1. To arrange into a systematic order.
   • 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.

   • 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.

Synonyms

• systemize

Derived terms

• systematization

Related terms

• system
• systematic

Translations

to arrange into a systematic order

• Armenian: համակարգել (hy) (hamakargel)
• Belarusian: сістэматызава́ць impf or pf (sistematyzavácʹ)
• Catalan: sistematitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (使)系統化 / 系统化 (zh) (xìtǒnghuà), (使)系统化 (zh) ((shǐ) xìtǒnghuà), (使)條理化 / 条理化, (使)条理化 ((shǐ) tiáolǐhuà)

• Czech: systematizovat
• Esperanto: sistemigi
• Finnish: järjestelmällistää, järjestää (fi)
• French: systématiser (fr)
• German: systematisieren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: rendszerez (hu)
• Italian: inquadrare (it)
• Japanese: 体系化する (たいけいかする, taikeika suru)
• Latvian: sistematizēt
• Polish: systematyzować (pl) impf, usystematyzować (pl) pf, porządkować (pl) impf, uporządkować (pl) pf
• Portuguese: sistematizar (pt)
• Romanian: sistematiza (ro)
• Russian: систематизи́ровать (ru) (sistematizírovatʹ), классифици́ровать (ru) (klassificírovatʹ)
• Spanish: sistematizar (es)
• Ukrainian: систематизува́ти impf or pf (systematyzuváty)

References

• “systematize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “systematize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Further reading

• Systematization (Romania) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Portuguese

Verb

systematize

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