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Synonyms:
Method, Plan, Tactic, Process, Way, Manner, Mode, Means, Practice, Routine, Blueprint, Formula, Scheme, Design, Arrangement, Setup, Framework, Protocol, Course, Path, Route, Style, Modus Operandi, Game Plan, Roadmap, Blueprint, Layout, Configuration, Structure, Mechanism, Operation, Technique, Procedure, Strategy, System
A comprehensive description of all procedures used in a sample analysis.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
method (noun)1.
a procedure or process for attaining an object as
a) (1) a systematic procedure, technique, or mode of inquiry employed by or proper to a particular discipline or art
(2) a systematic plan followed in presenting material for instruction
b) (1) a way, technique, or process of or for doing something
(2) a body of skills or techniques
2.
a discipline that deals with the principles and techniques of scientific inquiry
3.
a) orderly arrangement, development, or classification - plan
b) the habitual practice of orderliness and regularity
4.
capitalized a dramatic technique by which an actor seeks to gain complete identification with the inner personality of the character being portrayed
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
method (noun)the means or procedure for doing something
SYNONYMS:
approach, fashion, form, how, manner, methodology, recipe, strategy, style, system, tack, tactics, technique, wayRELATED WORDS:
mode, modus operandi; blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, intrigue, layout, line, model, plan, plot, program, route, scheme; expedient, move, shift, step; practice ( practise), process, routine; policyMethod (Wikipedia)
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Method (Ancient Greek: μέθοδος, methodos, from μετά/meta "in pursuit or quest of" + ὁδός/hodos "a method, system; a way or manner" of doing, saying, etc.), literally means a pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, or system. In recent centuries it more often means a prescribed process for completing a task.
It may refer to:
- Scientific method, a series of steps, or collection of methods, taken to acquire knowledge
- Method (computer programming), a piece of code associated with a class or object to perform a task
- Method (patent), under patent law, a protected series of steps or acts
- Methodism, a Christian religious movement
- Methodology, comparison or study and critique of individual methods that are used in a given discipline or field of inquiry
- Discourse on the Method, a philosophical and mathematical treatise by René Descartes
- Methods (journal), a scientific journal covering research on techniques in the experimental biological and medical sciences
Method (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛθəd/
- (Dublin) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtət/
- Rhymes: -ɛθəd
- Hyphenation: meth‧od
Etymology 1
From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos).
Noun
method (countable and uncountable, plural methods)
- (countable) 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).
