method

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).

Noun

  1. 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.
    • 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...
    • Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background. - 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic...
  2. Systematicity, methodicalness, intentionality, order
    • Though this be madneſſe, / Yet there is Method in 't: […] - c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies...
    • There's method in the universe. We're lucky that things aren't worse. - 1980 December 6, “Mousie Mousie Wildflower (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 14:
  3. 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.
    • In this case, the application of the famous method was a little shaky. To be fair, the director was dealing with a pretty stroppy cast. - 1989, Kenneth Branagh, Beginning, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 64:

    Synonyms: method acting

  4. A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
    • When you call the method, you provide values corresponding to these variables in your method call. - 2006, David A. Black, David Heinemeier Hansson, Ruby for Rails: Ruby Techniques for Rails Developers, Manning, →ISBN,...

    Synonyms: member function

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  6. An instruction book systematically arranged.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos)der. Latin methodusbor. Middle French methodebor. English method From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos). By surface analysis, met- + -hod. See also -ode and hodo-.

Forms

methods

Hyponyms

Abbott's method Buteyko method Cecchetti method chain-ladder method Charmat method comparative method Copeland's method dialectical method doomsday method elenctic method Feldenkrais Method Fowler's method Gutmann method historical method loverboy method methodical methodology philosophical method pure virtual method scholarly method Schulze method scientific method Socratic method time-domain electromagnetic method

Related

methodic methodical → methodically Methodius methodology methodological

Derived

abstract method access method annihilator method barrier method Bates method bisection method calendar method cascade method Cash-Karp method chakravala method combinatorial method concrete method Condorcet method Coppersmith method Coppersmith's method Cseh method Czochralski method Dayi method D'Hondt method Dodgson's method Dormand-Prince method Duckworth-Lewis method Durand-Kerner method Eisenhower method

Noun hobbies, lifestyle

  1. Ellipsis of method air.

Origin

Abbreviation.

Forms

methods

Verb

  1. 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 : —...
  2. 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.

Forms

methods methoding methoded