METHOD

method

(noun) a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

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.

Hyponyms

(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

Verb

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

method (plural methods)

(skateboarding, snowboarding) Ellipsis of method air.

Anagrams

• mothed

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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