method meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

method

noun

/ˈmɛθəd/ · /ˈmɛtət/

Etymology From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos). By surface analysis, met- + -hod. See also -ode and hodo-.

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.
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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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:

Systematicity, methodicalness, intentionality, order.

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:
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:

Acting, Broadcasting, Entertainment, Film, Lifestyle, Media, Television, Theater 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.

Often "the method"

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:

A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.

Object-oriented programming

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:

Slang Marijuana.

Dated An instruction book systematically arranged.

Derived terms: 105 terms
abstract method, access method, annihilator method, barrier method, Bates method, bisection method, calendar method, cascade method, Cash-Karp method, chakravala method, combinatorial method, concrete method, Condorcet method, Coppersmith method, Coppersmith's method, Cseh method, Czochralski method, Dayi method, D'Hondt method, Dodgson's method, Dormand-Prince method, Duckworth-Lewis method, Durand-Kerner method, Eisenhower method, erotematic method, Euler method, Euler's method, factory method pattern, Ferber method, final method, fluorine method, Freiburg method, Fridrich method, Gauss-Seidel method, Golgi's method, Gram's method, gray rock method, grey rock method, Halley's method, Heun's method, Horner's method, Householder's method, input method, input method editor, intermethod, Jefferson method, Joback method, Kjeldahl method, Korotkoff method, Kumon method, Kyropoulos method, lattice Boltzmann method, lumen method, macromethod, Martindale method, metamethod, method actor, method in the madness, methodism, Methodism, Methodist, methodist, methodization, methodize, methodless, method of indivisibles, method of loci, method of Weierstrass, methodolatry, methodologist, method overloading, method to one's madness, micromethod, monomethod, Monte Carlo method, multimethod, my very easy method just speeds up naming planets, Newton-Raphson method, Newton's method, nonstandard method, plus-minus method, psychoprophylactic method, remote method invocation, rhythm method, Runge-Kutta method, Schwarzschild method, Schwarzschild's method, secant method, submethod, summability method, summation method, supermethod, Tabata method, Taguchi method, Tanzalin method, template method, template method pattern, test-retest method, Tukey's method, unmethod, Vaganova method, word method, zero method, Ziehl-Neelsen method, Ziehl-Neelsen's method
Related terms: methodic, methodical → methodically, Methodius, methodology, methodological
Hyponyms: 53 terms
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method

verb

Etymology From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos). By surface analysis, met- + -hod. See also -ode and hodo-.

To apply a method to.

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?"

Broadly To apply particular treatment methods to (a mold).

The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properly methoded.

method

noun

Etymology Abbreviation.

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Sports Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of method air.