systematize

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

VERB

put in order

Synonyms

STRONG

arrange array contrive design devise dispose establish frame institute marshal order organize plan project rationalize regulate schematize standardize systemize

WEAK

get act together make uniform methodize pull together shape up straighten up tighten up

Antonyms

STRONG

confuse destroy disarrange disorder disorganize disturb mismanage mix up prevent ruin stop

Example Sentences

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“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

Pascal went on to clarify and systematize Galileo’s new understanding.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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