method
(noun) a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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 Constantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.
(object-oriented) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object, synonym of member function
(slang) Marijuana.
(dated) An instruction book systematically arranged.
(process by which a task is completed):
• Abbott's method
• Buteyko method
• Feldenkrais Method
• Gutmann method
• Socratic method
• comparative method
• historical method
• methodical
• methodology
• scholarly method
• scientific method
• philosophical method
((programming, object-oriented): subroutine or function of a class or object):
• accessor method
• convenience method
• generator method
• getter method
• mutator method
• setter method
• virtual method
method (third-person singular simple present methods, present participle methoding, simple past and past participle methoded)
(transitive) to apply a method
(casting, by extension, transitive) to apply particular treatment methods to a mold
Abbreviation.
method (plural methods)
(skateboarding, snowboarding) Ellipsis of method air.
• mothed
Source: Wiktionary
Meth"od, n. Etym: [F. méthode, L. methodus, fr. Gr. meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after + "odo`s way.]
1. An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind. Addison.
2. Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual. Though this be madness, yet there's method in it. Shak. All method is a rational progress, a progress toward an end. Sir W. Hamilton.
3. (Nat. Hist.)
Definition: Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnæan method.
Syn.
– Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode; course; process; means.
– Method, Mode, Manner. Method implies arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts which tend to secmode relates to a single action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed as a whole, exhibits. Manner is literally the handling of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both method and mode. An instructor may adopt a good method of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad mode of holding his pen; the manner in which he is corrected will greatly affect his success or failure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
