SYSTEMATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does systematic mean? 

• SYSTEMATIC (adjective)
  The adjective SYSTEMATIC has 2 senses:

1. characterized by order and planning

2. of or relating to taxonomy

  Familiarity information: SYSTEMATIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYSTEMATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by order and planning

Context example:

a systematic administrator

Also:

organized (methodical and efficient in arrangement or function)

regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)

Antonym:

unsystematic (lacking systematic arrangement or method or organization)

Derivation:

system (an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to taxonomy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

systematic; taxonomic; taxonomical

Context example:

a taxonomic designation

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

 Context examples 

The remaining room appeared more promising, and my companion settled down to a systematic examination.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The systematic withdrawal of fluids and discharges from a wound, sore or cavity.

(Drainage, NCI Thesaurus)

The systematic arrangement of entities into groups such that each entity can be assigned the value Never, Current or Former.

(Never Current Former Classification, NCI Thesaurus)

Systematic investigation into the causes, basic science, detection, and treatment of cancer.

(Cancer Science, NCI Thesaurus)

The act or process of a systematic and thorough examination; research, study; the process of inquiring into or following up, intended to develop facts.

(Investigation, NCI Thesaurus)

A method of generalization, the systematic arrangement of entities into classes or groups based on mutual similarity and certain differing characteristics.

(Classification, NCI Thesaurus)

Systematic investigation into the role that nutrition plays in cancer.

(Cancer and Nutrition, NCI Thesaurus)

A means, manner of procedure, or systematic course of actions that have to be performed in order to accomplish a particular goal.

(Method, NCI Thesaurus)

A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds, symbols, or gestures.

(Language, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by systematic and extensive loss of memory.

(Amnesia, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)