Dictionary Definition
method n : a way of doing something, especially a
systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in
steps)
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέθοδος (methodos) "pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, system", from μετά, μέθ- (metα, meth-) "in the midst of, among, between, in common, along with, by aid of" + οδός (odos) "way, motion, journey".Pronunciation
- /'mɛθəd/
Noun
Derived terms
Translations
process by which a task is completed
- Chinese: 方法 (fāngfǎ)
- Czech: metoda
- Dutch: methode
- Esperanto: metodo
- Finnish: menetelmä, metodi
- French: méthode
- German: Art und Weise, Methode
- Greek: μέθοδος (methodos)
- Hebrew: מתודה (metoda)
- Italian: metodo
- Japanese: 方法 (hōhō), 方式 (hōsiki)
- Latin: via
- Persian: متود
- Portuguese: método
- Spanish: método
- Swedish: metod
- Telugu: పద్ధతి (paddhati)
type of acting
- Finnish: metodinäytteleminen
- French: La Méthode
subroutine or function in object-oriented
languages
Extensive Definition
Method may refer to:
- How to do or make something
- Scientific method, a series of steps taken to acquire knowledge
- Method (computer science), a piece of code associated with a class or object to perform a task
- Method (music), a kind of textbook to help students learning to play a musical instrument
- Methodology, the collection, the comparative study, and the critique of the individual methods that are used in a given discipline or field of inquiry
- Software development process, a series of steps taken to build software
- Method acting, a style of acting in which the actor attempts to replicate the conditions under which the character operates
- Method (Godhead), the bassist and programmer for the industrial band Godhead
- Discourse on Method, a philosophical and mathematical treatise by René Descartes
- "The Method of Mechanical Theorems", part of the Archimedes Palimpsest
- Method, a 2004 film directed by Duncan Roy
- method, a San Francisco-based corporation which manufactures household products
method in Danish: Metode
method in German: Methode
method in Spanish: Método
method in Esperanto: Metodo
method in French: Méthode
method in Galician: Método
method in Ido: Metodo
method in Italian: Metodo
method in Lithuanian: Metodas
method in Dutch: Methode
method in Japanese: メソッド
method in Portuguese: Método
method in Romanian: Metodă
method in Russian: Метод
method in Simple English: Method
method in Finnish: Metodi
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
MO,
ability, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, algorithm, anality, apple-pie order,
approach, arrangement, art, avenue, behavior, behavior pattern,
behavioral norm, behavioral science, blueprint, blueprinting, calculation, capacity, capital, carriage, charting, comportment, conception, conduct, contrivance, course, craft, culture pattern, custom, demeanor, deportment, design, device, devices, discipline, disposable
resources, disposition, doing, doings, enterprise, envisagement, fashion, figuring, fine fettle, folkway, foresight, forethought, form, funds, game, gestures, goings-on, good
condition, good shape, good trim, graphing, ground plan, guidelines, guise, idea, intention, layout, line, line of action, lines, lineup, long-range plan, maintien, manner, manner of working,
manners, mapping, master plan, means, mechanics, mechanism, methodicalness, methodology, methods, mien, mode, mode of operation, mode of
procedure, modus, modus
operandi, modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, neatness, observable behavior,
operations research, order, orderliness, organization, pattern, plan, planning, planning function,
poise, port, pose, posture, power, practice, praxis, prearrangement, presence, procedure, proceeding, process, program, program of action,
rationalization,
recourses, regularity, resorts, resources, road, route, routine, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement,
science, setup, skill, social science, stock, strategic plan, strategy, structure, style, supply, system, systematicness, systematization,
tack, tactical plan,
tactics, technic, technical know-how,
technical knowledge, technical skill, technics, technique, technology, the big picture,
the drill, the how, the picture, the way of, tidiness, tone, trimness, way, way of life, ways, ways and means, wherewith, wherewithal, wise, working plan, wrinkle