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SYSTEMIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they systemize ... he / she / it systemizes
Past simple: systemized
Past participle: systemized
-ing form: systemizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arrange according to a system or reduce to a system
Example:
systematize our scientific knowledge
Synonyms:
systematise; systematize; systemise; systemize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "systemize" is one way to...):
order (bring order to or into)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "systemize"):
digest (systematize, as by classifying and summarizing)
codify (organize into a code or system, such as a body of law)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
system (an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized)
system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)
systemizer (an organizer who puts things in order)
