[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/system/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / system # system noun (a system, systems) «system» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A system is a group of parts that work together as a whole, like the solar system or the digestive system. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#m1) 2. A system is also a planned way of doing something, like a system for tidying the classroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#m2) 3. A system can be a set of rules or ideas that people use, like the number system or a school system. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#m3) 4. A computer system is a computer with its programs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#m4) 5. The system can mean the rules and people in charge of a country or organisation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#m5) ### In the lessons In science: the solar system (the Sun and its planets), body systems (digestive, skeletal, circulatory, nervous), ecosystems. In maths: the number system (base ten), the metric system (metres, grams, litres), the imperial system (feet, pounds). In everyday life: a system for jobs, the bus system, a sound system. Phrases: «solar system», «digestive system», «metric system», «immune system», «a good system», «get it out of your system» (stop feeling something strongly). ### Examples - The Sun is at the centre of our solar system. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#x1) - Your digestive system breaks down food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#x2) - We use the metric system to measure in science. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#x3) - Our class has a system for giving out books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#x4) - The computer system crashed, so we couldn't print. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#x5) - Your immune system fights germs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#x6) - The city's bus system is easy to use. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#x7) - Our number system is based on tens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#x8) - A school is a system with many parts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#x9) - "It must be some degenerate species," said he; "I do not know it, and it is not mentioned in any system." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/#x10) ### Note Countable: «a system, systems». Adjective: «systematic» (done step by step, in order). Spelled with a y after the s: «system», not «sistem». The «solar system» has eight planets. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: Commentators speak of the "system" of Sefer Yetzirah, its ordered scheme of letters, numbers and Sefirot, and of the vowel-point system that scholars say came later. In the primary lessons: In science: the solar system (the Sun and its planets), body systems (digestive, skeletal, circulatory, nervous), ecosystems. In maths: the number system (base ten), the metric system (metres, grams, litres), the imperial system (feet, pounds). In everyday life: a system for jobs, the bus system, a sound system. Phrases: «solar system», «digestive system», «metric system», «immune system», «a good system», «get it out of your system» (stop feeling something strongly). ### Examples - We find this very idea in the Pythagorean system. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/system/#x1) - The system of points in writing Hebrew was not perfected until the seventh century, and even then was not in constant use. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/system/#x2) - Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d. 570, who designed it to assist his pupils. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/system/#x3) ### Note Countable: «a system, systems». Adjective: «systematic» (done step by step, in order). Spelled with a y after the s: «system», not «sistem». The «solar system» has eight planets. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «system» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/system/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«system» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/system.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «system» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/system/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«system» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/system.html) on Mova free.