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Definition of "systematize" [sys•tem•a•tize]

  • To formulate into or reduce to a system: "The aim of science is surely to amass and systematize knowledge” ( V. Gordon Childe). See Synonyms at arrange. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "systematize" in a sentence
  • "UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This kind of systematize friendly touch keeps my world in orbit."
  • "A religion must be something by which to "systematize" human life."
  • "Somehow we have to organize — systematize — knowledge to the point that we can build on it — compute from it."