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method Definition

method (met̸h′əd)

noun

  1. a way of doing anything; mode; procedure; process; esp., a regular, orderly, definite procedure or way of teaching, investigating, etc.
  2. regularity and orderliness in action, thought, or expression; system in doing things or handling ideas
  3. regular, orderly arrangement

Etymology: Fr méthode < L methodus < Gr methodos, a going after, pursuit, system < meta, after (see meta-) + hodos, a way (see -ode)

adjective

using the Method

method Idioms

the Method

a realistic style of acting in which the actor strives for close personal identification with the role being played

method Synonyms

method

n.

  1. Order

    classification, organization, arrangement; see order 3, system 1.

  2. A procedure

    mode, style, standard procedure, fashion, way, means, program, tenor, process, proceeding, adjustment, disposition, disposal, practice, routine, technic, technique, approach, method of attack, mode of operation, manner of working, ways and means, habit, custom, modus operandi (Latin), manner, formula, process, course, rule; see also system 2.

  3. Plan

    design, outline, scheme; see opinion 1, plan 2, purpose 1.

method Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • contraception: Persona and Rhythm methods Persona is a recently introduced method of contraception that relies on testing urine for hormonal changes relating to ovulation.
  • payment: Gift vouchers or Gift Cards cannot be used as a method of payment on this website at present.

Converse of object

  • use: There are three basic methods used to solving killer sudoku puzzles.
  • employ: Teaching and Learning: A description of the teaching methods employed.
  • learn: Brief description of teaching and learning methods: The majority of the material will be provided in the lectures.
  • develop: Develop methods for managing change within the e commerce context.
  • describe: Describe different methods of making a PCB Understand what surface mount is.
  • apply: Familiarity with the examples of groups met in the course will be expected and you should be able to apply the methods learned.

Preposition: for

  • determination: A refined method for the determination of mode I crack propagation.

Adjective modifier

  • traditional: Justice Learning reverses traditional methods by starting with current issues that directly affect their lives.
  • preferred: In fact, decision games are a preferred method of developing experts in the U.S. Marines.
  • statistical: Mathematics has changed the meaning of statistics - from concern with ' facts about society ' to statistical method.
  • alternative: Any withdrawal amount in excess of your original deposit will be refunded to you via an alternative payment method.
  • qualitative: Information about poverty has typically been gathered by quantitative rather than qualitative methods and is on a national level rather than local.
  • quantitative: Also quantitative methods to describe particle shape etc. by image analysis have been developed.

Noun used with modifier

  • teaching: Teaching methods Lectures 20 hours, tutorials 4 hours.
  • payment: The other items are updated based on the payment method used by the user to checkout.
  • assessment: Assessment Methods: Assessment will be composed of three equally weighted parts.
  • farming: Modern farming methods mean that the supply of natural food has dwindled in many parts of the country.
  • research: Both groups of entrants will also take a " research methods " module.
method Quotes

All method is imperfect. Error is all around it, and at the least opportunity invades it† But what can we do? There is no other way.

—Nicolle, CharlesJules Henri

Woebetidethemanwhogoestoantiquity for thestudyof anything other than ideal art, logic and general method!

—Baudelaire, Charles

In science men have discovered an activity of the very highest value in which they are no longer, as in art, dependent for progress upon the appearance of continually greater genius, for in science the successors stand upon the shoulders of their predecessors; where one man of supreme genius has invented a method, a thousand lesser men can apply it.

—Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl

Ever since I was engaged on Principia Mathematica, I have had a certainmethod of whichat first Iwasscarcely conscious, but which has gradually become more explicit in my thinking. The method consists in an attempt to build a bridge between the world of sense and the world of science.

—Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl

Method acting? There are quite a few methods. Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass, and some cracked ice.

—Barrymore,John

But there remains the question: what righteousness really is. The method and secret and sweet reasonableness of Jesus.

—Arnold, Matthew

There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure scienceöthat of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them to direct themselves.

—Conant,James Bryant

Ishould haveno objectiontothismethod, butthat Ithink it must smell too strong of the lamp.

—Sterne, Laurence

Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves; it describes nature as exposed to our method of questioning.

—Heisenberg,Werner

Thesorts ofthingsthat Icanfind out about myselfarethe same as thesorts of things that I canfind out about other people and the methods of finding them out are much the same.

—Ryle, Gilbert

Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20-20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been.It'sgood for testing thetruth of what youthink you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go.

—Pirsig, Robert M(aynard)

Insurrectionöby means of guerrilla bandsöis the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign yoke.

—Mazzini, Giuseppe

You know my methods. Apply them.

—Doyle, SirArthur Conan

You know my method. It is founded upon the observance of trifles.

—Doyle, SirArthur Conan