method
Americannoun
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a procedure, technique, or way of doing something, especially in accordance with a definite plan.
There are three possible methods of repairing this motor.
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a manner or mode of procedure, especially an orderly, logical, or systematic way of instruction, inquiry, investigation, experiment, presentation, etc..
the empirical method of inquiry.
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order or system in doing anything.
to work with method.
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orderly or systematic arrangement, sequence, or the like.
- Synonyms:
- disposition
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Also called Stanislavski Method. Also called Stanislavski System. the Method. a theory and technique of acting in which the performer identifies with the character to be portrayed and renders the part in a naturalistic, nondeclamatory, and highly individualized manner.
adjective
noun
noun
Related Words
Method, mode, way imply a manner in which a thing is done or in which it happens. Method refers to a settled kind of procedure, usually according to a definite, established, logical, or systematic plan: the open-hearth method of making steel; one method of solving a problem. Mode is a more formal word that implies a customary or characteristic fashion of doing something: Kangaroos have a peculiar mode of carrying their young. Way, a word in popular use for the general idea, is equivalent to various more specific words: someone's way (manner) of walking; the best way (method) of rapid calculating; the way (mode) of holding a pen.
Other Word Forms
- antimethod adjective
- methodless adjective
Etymology
Origin of method
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English: “medical procedure,” Latin methodus, from Greek méthodos “systematic course,” equivalent to met- meta- + hodós “way, road”
Example Sentences
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Scientists will need to develop new methods to grow and test them before these findings can lead to potential new therapies.
From Science Daily
Here, rather like the Chicago stockyards, thousands of dairy cows are fed in crowded feedlots by a method called intensive and dry-lot feeding, or, alternately, kept indoors in barns.
From Los Angeles Times
He will climb with a guided team, communicating visually and through written methods when needed, as no BSL interpreter will join the expedition.
From BBC
"As telescopes and detection methods become more precise, we are strengthening our ability to find planetary systems that don't resemble our own and that don't conform to longstanding theories," he says.
From Science Daily
For entertainment reporter Indigo Stafford, what we are seeing is "a mixture of both clever PR and method acting".
From BBC
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