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

In the 1980s, the city chose to divest from apartheid South Africa in a display of opposition to systematized racial segregation, and council members voted to support Ukraine last year during the Russian invasion.

From Los Angeles Times

This dialogue is the first part of a diagnostic interview between a psychiatrist and a patient who has systematized delusions of persecution.

From Scientific American

To that end, Mr. Son said, the company has systematized its investment decisions and put more power in the hands of experts, rather than relying on his hunches.

From New York Times

I think about, “How do I create these businesses so that they have great leadership? Am I doing enough mentoring or enough systematizing of my own brain?”

From The Verge

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

From Literature