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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Frenchmethode, fromLatinmethodus, fromAncient Greekμέθοδος(méthodos).

Noun

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method (countable anduncountable,pluralmethods)

  1. (countable) Aprocess by which atask iscompleted; a way of doing something (followed by theadpositionof,to orfor before the purpose of the process).
    If onemethod doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      He at once secured attention by his informalmethod, 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.
    • 2013 May-June,William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, inAmerican Scientist‎[1], volume101, number 3, archived fromthe original on17 July 2013, pages206–7:
      Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and othermethods for blending into one’s visual background.
  2. (uncountable)Systematicity,methodicalness,intentionality,order
  3. (acting, often "the method") A technique foracting based on the ideas articulated byKonstantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.
    Synonym:method acting
    • 1989,Kenneth Branagh,Beginning, London: Chatto & Windus,→ISBN,page64:
      In this case, the application of the famousmethod was a little shaky. To be fair, the director was dealing with a pretty stroppy cast.
  4. (object-oriented programming) Asubroutine orfunction belonging to aclass orobject.
    Synonym:member function
    • 2006, David A. Black, David Heinemeier Hansson,Ruby for Rails: Ruby Techniques for Rails Developers, Manning,→ISBN,page101:
      When you call themethod, you provide values corresponding to these variables in your method call.
  5. (slang)Marijuana.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:marijuana
  6. (dated) Aninstructionbook systematically arranged.
Hyponyms
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process by which a task is completed
programming, object-oriented: subroutine or function of a class or object
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Translations
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process by which a task is completed
type of acting
programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
instruction book

Verb

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method (third-person singular simple presentmethods,present participlemethoding,simple past and past participlemethoded)

  1. (transitive) To apply a method to.
  2. (casting, by extension, transitive) To apply particular treatment methods to (amold).
    The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properlymethoded.
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to apply a method
to apply particular treatment methods to a mold

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Noun

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method (pluralmethods)

  1. (skateboarding, snowboarding)Ellipsis ofmethod air.

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