Method
['meθəd] or ['mɛθəd]
Definition
(noun.) a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps).
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Definition
(n.) An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
(n.) Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.
(n.) Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Arrangement, system, classification, orderly disposition.[2]. Way (viewed theoretically), MODE, manner, process, course, means, MODUS OPERANDI.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Order, system, rule, way, manner, mode, course, process, regularity,arrangement
ANT:Disorder, conjecture, quackery, empiricism, experimentation, assumption,guess-work
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Definition
n. the mode or rule of accomplishing an end: orderly procedure: manner: orderly arrangement: system rule classification: manner of performance: an instruction-book systematically arranged.—adjs. Method′ic -al arranged with method: disposed in a just and natural manner: formal.—adv. Method′ically.—v.t. Meth′odise to reduce to method: to dispose in due order.—ns. Meth′odism the principles and practice of the Methodists; Meth′odist one who observes method: one of a sect of Christians founded by John Wesley (1703-91) noted for the strictness of its discipline: one who is very strict in religion.—adjs. Methodist′ic -al resembling the Methodists: strict in religious matters.—adv. Methodist′ically.—n. Methodol′ogy the science of method in scientific procedure.
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Examples
- In some sense, men had always used an inductive method in dealing with their immediate practical concerns. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In the second method both operations are performed on a single machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I have heard reputable physicians condemn a certain method of psychotherapy because it was immoral. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- These conditions, stated in an orderly sequence, would constitute the method or way or manner of its growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The open fireplace as an early method of heating. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Probably the chief cause of devotion to rigidity of method is, however, that it seems to promise speedy, accurately measurable, correct results. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The king's method of suppressing insurrections. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1882, however, a machine for doing this was invented, thereby dispensing with the old hand method and cheapening the operation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Gregory, not the founder but the apostle of the scientific method. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- While they are an indispensable portion of scientific method, they do not as a matter of course constitute scientific method. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I will give her a system, a method of thought, a set of opinions; I will give her the perfect control and guidance of her feelings. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Considering everything, I think a letter will be decidedly the best method of explanation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The method extends our practical control. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Before sunset he had cut six acres of wheat, and convinced his audience that his machine was a great improvement over the old method. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Various methods were resorted to in order to keep mold and insects from spoiling the product. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But instead of narrowing the scope of politics, to avoid it, the only sensible thing to do is to invent methods which will allow needs and problems and group interests avenues into politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Two methods of space telegraphy at sea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Only very slowly did the human mind develop methods of indicating action and relationship in a formal manner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These thirty years after 1848 are years of very great interest to the student of international political methods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the mechanical arts, the sciences become methods of managing things so as to utilize their energies for recognized aims. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- These methods of thinking, and of expressing ourselves, are not of so little consequence as they may appear at first sight. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- You know my methods. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The necessity for this was due to the many radical variations made from accepted methods. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To follow conventional methods, the final chapter of a book should be an In conclusion with a finis and a dismantled torch, but the history of invention will ever be a continued story. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But the methods by which it sought this reunion jar with our modern consciences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The ideas and methods of Murdoch and Lebon soon took definite shape, and coal smoke was piped from its place of origin to distant points of consumption. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Absorption and Compression Methods Described. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- My methods are similar to those followed by Luther Burbank. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If this fail, I shall have recourse to other methods. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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