method
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Etymology[edit]
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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method (plural methods)
- A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 3, The Mirror and the Lamp:
- One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” 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.
- If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.
- This method saves me a lot of time.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 3, The Mirror and the Lamp:
- A type of theatrical acting wherein the actor utilizes his personal emotions from personal experience to portray a scripted scene.
- (programming, object-oriented) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
- (slang) Marijuana.
Derived terms[edit]
A process by which a task is completed
(programming, object-oriented) A subroutine or function of a class or object
Translations[edit]
process by which a task is completed
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type of acting
(programming) subroutine or function in object-oriented languages