method en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛθəd/
- (US) audio
- /ˈmɛtət/ Dublin
Etymology
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)bor. 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-.
Meanings
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(countable) 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.
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 Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2013, pages 206–7: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.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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(uncountable) Systematicity, methodicalness, intentionality, order.
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: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 […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 261, column 2:
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(countable, qualifier:often “the method”, uncountable) 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:
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(countable, qualifier:object-oriented programming, uncountable) 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, page 101:
- (countable, slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- (countable, dated, uncountable) An instruction book systematically arranged.
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Deriveds
template method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Halley's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Golgi's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Dioise method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Ziehl-Neelsen's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Householder's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Bates method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · method actor (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Dodgson's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · abstract method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · annihilator method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Runge-Kutta method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Euler's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · ellipsoid method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · gray rock method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Cseh method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · submethod (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · methodize (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Condorcet method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Ziehl-Neelsen method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Duckworth-Lewis method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Tukey's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · grey rock method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · access method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · rhythm method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Horner's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · methodization (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · methodless (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Fridrich method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Kjeldahl method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Czochralski method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · micromethod (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · my very easy method just speeds up naming planets (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Durand-Kerner method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · remote method invocation (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Methodism (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · supermethod (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · unmethod (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · sexual method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Schwarzschild's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Eisenhower method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · methodism (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · method of loci (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Ferber method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · input method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · chakravala method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · concrete method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Taguchi method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · method to one's madness (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Dayi method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · combinatorial method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Tabata method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · monomethod (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · calendar method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Gram's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · final method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · template method pattern (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Jefferson method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Coppersmith method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Kyropoulos method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Schwarzschild method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · summation method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Freiburg method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Coppersmith's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · word method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · input method editor (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · summability method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Joback method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Methodist (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · test-retest method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · methodologist (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Euler method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Korotkoff method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · erotematic method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · secant method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · lattice Boltzmann method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · macromethod (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Baconian method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · methodolatry (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · factory method pattern (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Dormand-Prince method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · barrier method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · lumen method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Kumon method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Cash-Karp method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Heun's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · D'Hondt method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · method of indivisibles (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · method overloading (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · plus-minus method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · metamethod (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Vaganova method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Newton-Raphson method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · zero method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Martindale method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Gauss-Seidel method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · bisection method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · fluorine method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Tanzalin method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · cascade method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Newton's method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · methodist (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · method of Weierstrass (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · Monte Carlo method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · method in the madness (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · psychoprophylactic method (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · multimethod (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too) · intermethod (other derived terms (unsorted - many may be hyponyms too)
Hyponyms
convenience method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Tomatis method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · d'Hondt method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Schulze method (process by which a task is completed) · Yuzpe method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Buteyko method (process by which a task is completed) · accessor method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · branch current method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Blissard's symbolic method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · setter method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · philosophical method (process by which a task is completed) · virtual method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Hartree-Fock method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · grid method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · scholarly method (process by which a task is completed) · methodical (process by which a task is completed) · Hardy-Littlewood circle method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · scientific method (process by which a task is completed) · loverboy method (process by which a task is completed) · comparative method (process by which a task is completed) · mutator method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Castigliano's method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Carius halogen method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Debye-Scherrer method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Gutmann method (process by which a task is completed) · methodology (process by which a task is completed) · Westergren method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · 4-7-8 method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · historical method (process by which a task is completed) · Charmat method (process by which a task is completed) · Abbott's method (process by which a task is completed) · Chorleywood method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Socratic method (process by which a task is completed) · getter method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · elenctic method (process by which a task is completed) · dialectical method (process by which a task is completed) · Knaus-Ogino method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Lee-Kesler method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · waterfall method (process by which a task is completed) · Sabouraud's method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · time-domain electromagnetic method (process by which a task is completed) · generator method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Fowler's method (process by which a task is completed) · Copeland's method (process by which a task is completed) · Hungarian method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · doomsday method (process by which a task is completed) · Cecchetti method (process by which a task is completed) · pure virtual method (process by which a task is completed) · chain-ladder method (process by which a task is completed) · Wiener-Hopf method (process by which a task is completed) · Nissl method (programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object) · Feldenkrais Method (process by which a task is completed)
Relateds
methodic · methodology · Methodius · methodical → methodically · methodological
Synonyms
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Translations (248)
ur طَرِیق (process by which a task is completed) · ur رَوِش (process by which a task is completed) · gd cor (process by which a task is completed) · ar طَرْز (process by which a task is completed) · ro metodă (process by which a task is completed) · ba ысул (type of acting) · ar طَرِيقَة (process by which a task is completed) · yi מעטאָד (process by which a task is completed) · gl método (type of acting) · ms manhaj (process by which a task is completed) · be мэ́тад (process by which a task is completed) · rw ukuntu class 15 (process by which a task is completed) · pt método (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · az üsul (process by which a task is completed) · pl metoda (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · hu tagfüggvény (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · kmr rêbaz (type of acting) · ur طَرْح (process by which a task is completed) · lo ວິທີ (process by which a task is completed) · be спо́саб (process by which a task is completed) · hi विधि (process by which a task is completed) · nn metode (process by which a task is completed) · cmn 方式 (process by which a task is completed) · ka მეთოდი (process by which a task is completed) · ky метод (process by which a task is completed) · fr manière (process by which a task is completed) · tr metod (process by which a task is completed) · nan-hbl 方式 (process by which a task is completed) · la via (process by which a task is completed) · fa-ira طَریق (process by which a task is completed) · uz yoʻsin (process by which a task is completed) · oc metòde (process by which a task is completed) · ba ысул (process by which a task is completed) · mn арга (process by which a task is completed) · mn хэрэглүүр (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · lv metode (process by which a task is completed) · pt método (process by which a task is completed) · is háttur (process by which a task is completed) · uz uslub (process by which a task is completed) · sa विधि (process by which a task is completed) · mk мето́да (process by which a task is completed) · bn প্রণালী (process by which a task is completed) · ja メソッド (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · ko 메소드 (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · hu metódus (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · hy կերպ (process by which a task is completed) · km វិធី (process by which a task is completed) · ps طرز (process by which a task is completed) · bn পদ্ধতি (process by which a task is completed) · sq metodë (process by which a task is completed) · ug ئۇسۇل (process by which a task is completed) · ug مېتود (process by which a task is completed) · vo metod (process by which a task is completed) · ps اسلوب (process by which a task is completed) · sh метод (process by which a task is completed) · es método (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · ko 방식 (process by which a task is completed) · fa-ira مِتُد (process by which a task is completed) · ca mètode (process by which a task is completed) · eo metodo (process by which a task is completed) · zu icebo (process by which a task is completed) · ps مېتود (process by which a task is completed) · fi metodi (process by which a task is completed) · my နည်း (process by which a task is completed) · hi तरीक़ा (process by which a task is completed) · yue 方法 (process by which a task is completed) · hy մեթոդ (process by which a task is completed) · uz yoʻl (process by which a task is completed) · ps شيوه (process by which a task is completed) · ru спо́соб (process by which a task is completed) · my နည်းစနစ် (process by which a task is completed) · ga slí (process by which a task is completed) · kk әдіс (process by which a task is completed) · zza uslub (process by which a task is completed) · ru приём (process by which a task is completed) · my လုပ်နည်း (process by which a task is completed) · grc μέθοδος (process by which a task is completed) · he פעולה (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · tyv арга (process by which a task is completed) · mi pēheatanga (process by which a task is completed) · ky ыкма (process by which a task is completed) · hi ढंग (process by which a task is completed) · ko 메서드 (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · wuu 方法 (process by which a task is completed) · it metodo (type of acting) · cs metoda (process by which a task is completed) · zza metod (process by which a task is completed) · sk spôsob (process by which a task is completed) · ast métodu (process by which a task is completed) · zu indlela (process by which a task is completed) · tg усул (process by which a task is completed) · fa-ira اُسْلوب (process by which a task is completed) · el μέθοδος (type of acting) · ota چیغیر (process by which a task is completed) · tl pamamaraan (process by which a task is completed) · pl sposób (process by which a task is completed) · mk начин (process by which a task is completed) · bg на́чин (process by which a task is completed) · ur اُسْلُوب (process by which a task is completed) · fi metodinäytteleminen (type of acting) · el μέθοδος (process by which a task is completed) · sv tillvägagång (process by which a task is completed) · gl método (process by which a task is completed) · hy միջոց (process by which a task is completed) · fr La Méthode (type of acting) · he מֶתוֹדָה (process by which a task is completed) · th วิธี (process by which a task is completed) · vi phương pháp (process by which a task is completed) · hi शेवा (process by which a task is completed) · sh metóda (process by which a task is completed) · hu metódus (process by which a task is completed) · mi pēwheatanga (process by which a task is completed) · is aðferð (process by which a task is completed) · mr पद्धत (process by which a task is completed) · zza uslub (type of acting) · fa-ira راه (process by which a task is completed) · hu mód (process by which a task is completed) · hi तरह (process by which a task is completed) · uk ме́тод (process by which a task is completed) · de Art und Weise (process by which a task is completed) · es method (type of acting) · ar أُسْلُوب (process by which a task is completed) · ky усул (process by which a task is completed) · km ពិធី (process by which a task is completed) · kmr awa (process by which a task is completed) · hu módozat (process by which a task is completed) · az metod (process by which a task is completed) · zza usul (process by which a task is completed) · is skipulag (process by which a task is completed) · tg равиш (process by which a task is completed) · et meetod (process by which a task is completed) · be ме́тад (process by which a task is completed) · hi पद्धति (process by which a task is completed) · cs metoda (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · nb metode (process by which a task is completed) · nl methode (process by which a task is completed) · ru мето́да (process by which a task is completed) · uz usul (process by which a task is completed) · sv tillvägagångssätt (process by which a task is completed) · gd dòigh (process by which a task is completed) · lt metodas (process by which a task is completed) · es método (process by which a task is completed) · fa-ira رَوِش (process by which a task is completed) · ko 메서드 연기 (type of acting) · tt ысул (process by which a task is completed) · sh náčin (process by which a task is completed) · tg тариқ (process by which a task is completed) · tg услуб (process by which a task is completed) · ko 메소드 연기 (type of acting) · tg метод (process by which a task is completed) · fr méthode (process by which a task is completed) · fa-ira طَریقِه (process by which a task is completed) · cs způsob (process by which a task is completed) · fr méthode (instruction book) · ca mètode (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · ro metodă (type of acting) · cmn 方法 (process by which a task is completed) · mi aratuka (process by which a task is completed) · ur طَرَح (process by which a task is completed) · ug تېرىقە (process by which a task is completed) · uk прийо́м (process by which a task is completed) · de Methode (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · ps طريقه (process by which a task is completed) · hi रीति (process by which a task is completed) · kmr metod (process by which a task is completed) · da metode (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · wuu 方式 (process by which a task is completed) · la methodus (process by which a task is completed) · gd modh (process by which a task is completed) · uz tariqa (process by which a task is completed) · ar مِنْهَج (process by which a task is completed) · af metode (process by which a task is completed) · tg шива (process by which a task is completed) · uz tarz (process by which a task is completed) · sl način (process by which a task is completed) · yue 方式 (process by which a task is completed) · it metodo (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · sh metod (process by which a task is completed) · sv åtgärd (process by which a task is completed) · ko 방법 (process by which a task is completed) · is aðferð (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · id metode (process by which a task is completed) · de Methode (process by which a task is completed) · ms kaedah (process by which a task is completed) · bg ме́тод (process by which a task is completed) · tk metod (process by which a task is completed) · rgn régula (type of acting) · ta முறை (process by which a task is completed) · el μέθοδος (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · pl metoda (process by which a task is completed) · ru ме́тод (process by which a task is completed) · sh на́чин (process by which a task is completed) · eu metodo (process by which a task is completed) · hu módszer (process by which a task is completed) · ja 方式 (process by which a task is completed) · cy dull (process by which a task is completed) · my နိဿယ (process by which a task is completed) · hy եղանակ (process by which a task is completed) · it metodo (process by which a task is completed) · mk метод (process by which a task is completed) · fi metodi (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · uk спо́сіб (process by which a task is completed) · pi vidhi (process by which a task is completed) · tg тариқа (process by which a task is completed) · fi jäsenfunktio (programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) · bho विधि (process by which a task is completed) · be прыём (process by which a task is completed) · sl metoda (process by which a task is completed) · et viis (process by which a task is completed) · fi menetelmä (process by which a task is completed) · tr tarz (process by which a task is completed) · ur شیوَہ (process by which a task is completed) · gd cor (type of acting) · sa मार्ग (process by which a task is completed) · da metode (process by which a task is completed) · ps نول (process by which a task is completed) · ta முறைமை (process by which a task is completed) · txb upacār (process by which a task is completed) · uz metod (process by which a task is completed) · ur طَرِیقَہ (process by which a task is completed) · fa-ira شیوِه (process by which a task is completed) · te పద్ధతి (process by which a task is completed) · hi प्रणाली (process by which a task is completed) · nan-hbl 方法 (process by which a task is completed) · sh мето́да (process by which a task is completed) · it maniera (process by which a task is completed) · sk metóda (process by which a task is completed) · ms metode (process by which a task is completed) · tk usul (process by which a task is completed) · he שיטה (process by which a task is completed) · la disciplina (process by which a task 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