method
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: acting
broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
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)der.
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-.
Inflected forms:
form: methods
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: methods
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: methoding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: methoded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: methoded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.
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.
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.
gloss: Systematicity, methodicalness, intentionality, order
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Though this be madneſſe, / Yet there is Method in 't: […]
There's method in the universe.
We're lucky that things aren't worse.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: When you call the method, you provide values corresponding to these variables in your method call.
gloss: Marijuana.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: An instruction book systematically arranged.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
gloss: To apply a method to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 1809, Rachel Russell (baroness.), Letters. To which is prefixed, an intr. vindicating the character of lord ...
"Says he, there is above ten thousand brisk boys are ready to follow me, whenever I hold up my finger : — Says I, how have you methoded this, that they shall not be crushed, for there will be a great force to oppose you?"
gloss: To apply particular treatment methods to (a mold).
pos: verb
tags: broadly
transitive
examples: The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properly methoded.
Related words: methodic
methodical → methodically
Methodius
methodology
methodological
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: mètode
lang: Czech
word: metoda
lang: Danish
word: metode
lang: Finnish
word: jäsenfunktio
lang: Finnish
word: metodi
lang: German
word: Methode
lang: Greek
word: μέθοδος
roman: méthodos
lang: Hebrew
word: פעולה
roman: pe'ulah
lang: Hungarian
word: metódus
lang: Hungarian
word: tagfüggvény
lang: Icelandic
word: aðferð
lang: Italian
word: metodo
lang: Japanese
word: メソッド
roman: mesoddo
lang: Korean
word: 메소드
roman: mesodeu
lang: Korean
word: 메서드
roman: meseodeu
lang: Mongolian
word: хэрэглүүр
roman: xereglüür
lang: Polish
word: metoda
lang: Portuguese
word: método
lang: Spanish
word: método