Etimology
From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos).
noun
method (countable and uncountable, plural methods)
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).
(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.
(object-oriented programming) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
(slang) Marijuana.
(dated) An instruction book systematically arranged.
Examples
If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.
Though this be madneſſe, / Yet there is Method in 't: […]
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.
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.
Synonym: method acting
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.
Synonym: member function
When you call the method, you provide values corresponding to these variables in your method call.
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Related words
hyponyms
Abbott's method
Buteyko method
chain-ladder method
comparative method
dialectical method
doomsday method
Feldenkrais Method
Fowler's method
Gutmann method
historical method
methodical
methodology
philosophical method
scholarly method
scientific method
Socratic method
Wiener-Hopf method
related terms
methodic, methodical → methodically
Methodius
methodology, methodological (methodologic)
verb
method (third-person singular simple present methods, present participle methoding, simple past and past participle methoded)
(transitive) To apply a method to.
(casting, by extension, transitive) To apply particular treatment methods to (a mold).
Examples
"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?"
The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properly methoded.
Etimology
Abbreviation.
noun
method (plural methods)
(skateboarding, snowboarding) Ellipsis of method air..