What does method mean?

Definitions for method
ˈmɛθ ədmethod

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. methodnoun

    a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

  2. method acting, methodnoun

    an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed

GCIDE

  1. Methodnoun

    A technique used in acting in which the actor tries to identify with the individual personality of the specific character being portrayed, so as to provide a realistic rendering of the character's role. Also called the Method, method acting, the Stanislavsky Method or Stanislavsky System.

Wiktionary

  1. methodnoun

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

  2. methodnoun

    A type of theatrical acting wherein the actor utilizes his personal emotions from personal experience to portray a scripted scene.

  3. methodnoun

    In object-oriented languages, a subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.

  4. methodnoun

    Marijuana.

  5. Etymology: From μέθοδος, from μετά + ὁδός.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. METHODnoun

    Method, taken in the largest sense, implies the placing of several things, or performing several operations in such an order as is most convenient to attain some end. Isaac Watts

    Etymology: methode, Fr. μέϑοδος.

    To see wherein the harm which they feel consisteth, the seeds from which it sprang, and the method of curing it, belongeth to a skill the study whereof is full of toil, and the practice beset with difficulties. Richard Hooker, b. v.

    If you will jest with me know my aspect,
    And fashion your demeanour to my looks,
    Or I will beat this method in your sconce. William Shakespeare.

    It will be in vain to talk to you concerning the method I think best to be observed in schools. John Locke, on Education.

    Notwithstanding a faculty be born with us, there are several methods for cultivating and improving it, and without which it will be very uncertain. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 409.

ChatGPT

  1. method

    A method is a procedure or function that is associated with an object or a class in programming. It contains a series of instructions or behaviors that can be executed when called upon in order to perform a specific task or manipulate the data within the object or class. Methods are an essential component of object-oriented programming and allow for the organization, reusability, and modularity of code.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Methodnoun

    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

  2. Methodnoun

    orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual

  3. Methodnoun

    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

  4. Etymology: [F. mthode, L. methodus, fr. Gr. meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after + "odo`s way.]

Wikidata

  1. Method

    In object-oriented programming, a method is a subroutine associated with a class. Methods define the behavior to be exhibited by instances of the associated class at program run time. Methods have the special property that at runtime, they have access to data stored in an instance of the class they are associated with and are thereby able to control the state of the instance. The association between class and method is called binding. A method associated with a class is said to be bound to the class. Methods can be bound to a class at compile time or to an object at runtime.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Method

    meth′ud, 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. [Fr.,—L. methodus—Gr. methodosmeta, after, hodos, a way.]

Editors Contribution

  1. method

    A systematic process or procedure.

    They love each other so much and look forward with joyful anticipation to their wedding day.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 29, 2020  


  2. method

    A systematic way of doing or creating.

    The method for the feeding of the calves was easy as he had farmed for years.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. METHOD

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Method is ranked #71886 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Method surname appeared 271 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Method.

    88.1% or 239 total occurrences were White.
    7% or 19 total occurrences were Black.
    3.3% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'method' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1093

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'method' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2266

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'method' in Nouns Frequency: #212

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of method in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of method in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of method in a Sentence

  1. Trent Lott:

    White House's never easy to get 100 senators to agree on a method to proceed.

  2. John Reed Stark:

    The SEC is interested because failures in cybersecurity have prompted a dangerous, new method of unlawful insider trading.

  3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

    The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

  4. Ulysses S. Grant:

    I know no method to secure the repeal of bad, obnoxious, or unjust laws so effective as their strict execution.

  5. Toni Wellen:

    I think that it is a method that the NRA uses because they want to push gun sales, the concept that is being sold is that you ’d better get your gun or they’re coming to take your gun away. Gun violence prevention is about gun violence prevention, not about gun control. No-ones taking away people’s guns.

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