Method Definition
mĕthəd
methods
noun
methods
A way of doing something; procedure; process; esp., a regular, orderly, definite procedure or way of teaching, investigating, etc.
Webster's New World
Regularity and orderliness in action, thought, or expression; system in doing things or handling ideas.
Webster's New World
Regular, orderly arrangement.
Webster's New World
The procedures and techniques characteristic of a particular discipline or field of knowledge.
This field course gives an overview of archaeological method.
American Heritage
A technique of acting in which the actor recalls emotions and reactions from past experience and uses them in identifying with and individualizing the character being portrayed.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
the Method
- a realistic style of acting in which the actor strives for close personal identification with the role being played
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Method
Noun
Singular:
method
Plural:
methodsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Method
- the Method
Origin of Method
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Middle English medical procedure from Latin methodus method from Greek methodos pursuit, method meta- beyond, after meta– hodos way, journey
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek μέθοδος (methodos, “pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, system"), from μετά (meta, “after") + ὁδός (hodos, “way, motion, journey").
From Wiktionary
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