system
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I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
II
(Roget's IV)
n.
1. [Order]
Syn. orderliness, regularity, conformity, logical order, definite plan, arrangement, rule, reduction to order, systematic procedure, systematic arrangement, logical process, orderly process; see also
order 3 .
2. [A method]
Syn. mode, way, scheme, arrangement, policy, artifice, usage, custom, practice, operation, course of action, modus operandi, definite procedure; see also
method 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
n.
arrangement, organization, structure, scheme, set-up, method, plan, operation, procedure, course of action, approach, technique, standard operating procedure, program, way.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II)
noun
1. An organized array of individual elements and parts forming and working as a unit: entity, integral, sum, totality, whole. See PART.
2. A usually large entity composed of interconnected parts: complex. See PART.
3. Systematic arrangement and design: method, order, orderliness, organization, pattern, plan, system-atization, systemization. See ORDER.
4. The approach used to do something: fashion, manner, method, mode, modus operandi, style, way, wise2. See MEANS.
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