method

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[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέθοδος (methodos), “‘pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, system’”), from μετά (meta), “‘after’”) + ὁδός (hodos), “‘way, motion, journey’”).

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• IPA: /'mɛθəd/

[edit] Noun

method (plural methods)

1. A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
2. A type of theatrical acting wherein the actor utilizes his personal emotions from personal experience to portray a scripted scene.
3. (programming) In object-oriented languages, a subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
4. (slang) Marijuana.

[edit] Derived terms

• methodical
• methodology
• historical method
• scientific method
• scholarly method
• philosophical method

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