method

English

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”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈmɛθəd/

Noun

method (plural methods)

1. A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.

   If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.

   This method saves me a lot of time.

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.

Derived terms

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

Translations

process by which a task is completed

Arabic: طريقة (ʈarīqa) f., منهج (ar) (minhaj) Armenian: եղանակ (hy) (eġanak), մեթոդ (hy) (met’od), միջոց (hy) (miǰoc’), կերպ (hy) (kerp) Catalan: mètode (ca) m. Chinese: 方法 (fāngfǎ) Czech: metoda (cs) f. Dutch: methode (nl) f. Esperanto: metodo (eo) Finnish: menetelmä (fi), metodi (fi) French: méthode (fr) f. German: Art und Weise (de) f., Methode (de) f. Greek: μέθοδος (el) (méθoδos) f. Hebrew: מתודה (metoda) f. Hungarian: módszer (hu) Icelandic: aðferð (is) f., háttur (is) m., skipulag (is) n.

Italian: metodo (it) m. Japanese: 方法 (hōhō), 方式 (hōsiki) Korean: 방법 (bangbeob) Latin: via (la) Macedonian: метод (mk) (metód) m., метода (mk) (metóda) f. Persian: متد (fa), روش (fa), شیوه (fa), طریقه (fa) Portuguese: método (pt) m. Romanian: metodă (ro) f. Russian: метод (ru) (métod) m. Scottish Gaelic: cor (gd) m., modh (gd) m. and f., dòigh (gd) f. Spanish: método (es) m. Swedish: metod (sv) c., tillvägagångssätt (sv) n. Telugu: పద్ధతి (paddhati) Volapük: metod (vo)

type of acting

Finnish: metodinäytteleminen (fi) French: La Méthode f. Greek: μέθοδος (el) (méθoδos) f.

Romanian: metodă (ro) f. Scottish Gaelic: cor (gd) m. Spanish: method (es)

(programming) subroutine or function in object-oriented languages

Czech: metoda (cs) f. Hungarian: metódus (hu), tagfüggvény (hu)

Icelandic: aðferð (is) f. Italian: metodo (it) m.

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