systematize

American  

[sis-tuh-muh-tahyz] / ˈsɪs tə məˌtaɪz /

especially British, systematise

verb (used with object)

systematized, systematizing

1. to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.

   Synonyms:

   articulate, order, organize

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systematize British  

/ ˈsɪstɪməˌtaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to arrange in a system

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Other Word Forms

• nonsystematized adjective
• oversystematize verb (used with object)
• quasi-systematized adjective
• resystematization noun
• resystematize verb (used with object)
• systematization noun
• systematizer noun
• unsystematized adjective
• unsystematizing adjective
• well-systematized adjective

Etymology

Origin of systematize

1755–65; < Greek systēmat- (stem of sýstēma ) system + -ize

Example Sentences

“The CEO’s attention flits onto something else, and they never systematize the change,” Sigelman said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Home economics started out as a way to systematize how you kept house so you did it as efficiently as possible.

From Salon • May 9, 2021

For years we’ve opted not to make a massive public investment in elder care, or to systematize and formalize the ad hoc system it has created.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2020

Overall, Italian merchants, borrowing from their Arab and Turkic trading partners, pioneered efforts to rationalize and systematize business itself in order to make it more predictable and reliable.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

It was trying to explain, describe, and systematize musical practices that were already flourishing because people liked the way they sounded.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones