method
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmɛθəd/
From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος.
Nounmethod
- (countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).
- If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:
- He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
- (uncountable) Systematicity, methodicalness, intentionality, order
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act II, scene ii], page 261 ↗, column 2:
- Though this be madneſſe, / Yet there is Method in 't: […]
- (acting, often "the method") A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Konstantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.
- Synonyms: method acting
- (object-oriented) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
- Synonyms: member function
- (slang) Marijuana.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:marijuana
- (dated) An instruction book systematically arranged.
- methodic, methodical → methodically
- Methodius
- methodology, methodological (methodologic)
- French: méthode, manière
- German: Art und Weise, Methode, Verfahren
- Italian: metodo, maniera
- Portuguese: método
- Russian: ме́тод
- Spanish: método
- French: méthode
method (methods, present participle methoding; simple past and past participle methoded)
- (transitive) To apply a method to.
- 1809, Rachel Russell (baroness.), Letters. To which is prefixed, an intr. vindicating the character of lord ... ↗
- "Says he, there is above ten thousand brisk boys are ready to follow me, whenever I hold up my finger : — Says I, how have you methoded this, that they shall not be crushed, for there will be a great force to oppose you?"
- 1809, Rachel Russell (baroness.), Letters. To which is prefixed, an intr. vindicating the character of lord ... ↗
- (casting, by extension, transitive) To apply particular treatment methods to (a mold).
- The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properly methoded.
Abbreviation.
Nounmethod (plural methods)
- (skateboarding, snowboarding) Ellipsis of method air.
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