Word definition: method

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..

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