Definitions for technique
tɛkˈniktech·nique

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. technique(noun)

   a practical method or art applied to some particular task

2. proficiency, technique(noun)

   skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

   "practice greatly improves proficiency"

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1. technique(Noun)

   The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.

   Etymology: From technique, noun use of technique, from τεχνικός, from τέχνη, from τίκτειν.

2. technique(Noun)

   Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.

   Etymology: From technique, noun use of technique, from τεχνικός, from τέχνη, from τίκτειν.

3. technique(Noun)

   A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.

   Etymology: From technique, noun use of technique, from τεχνικός, from τέχνη, from τίκτειν.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Technique(noun)

   same as Technic, n

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1. Technique

   Technique is the fifth studio album by New Order, released in 1989 via Factory Records. Partly recorded on the island of Ibiza, it incorporates Balearic beat and acid house influences into the group's electronic rock sound. Technique was the first New Order album to reach number one in the UK charts. "Fine Time", the first single lifted from it, reached number 11. Remixed versions of "Round & Round" and "Run" were also released as singles. John Denver's publishing company filed a lawsuit, alleging that the guitar break in "Run" too closely resembled Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane". The case was settled out of court. An instrumental version of "Vanishing Point" was used on the BBC series Making Out. Music videos were produced for the three singles. In 2008 the album was re-released in a Collector's Edition with a bonus disc.

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1. technique

   The ability, method and practical skills, experience and knowledge to achieve or process.

   The technique is important to ensure accuracy.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 9, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'technique' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2190

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'technique' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4524

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'technique' in Nouns Frequency: #415

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of technique in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of technique in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of technique in a Sentence

1. Curtis Penix:

   When a large truck would come by, we had this little technique where we would lean (on their walking sticks) into the ditch and away from the road, just long enough for them to go by, and then we'd pop back out on the road.

2. Harrison Maurus:

   I’ve heard of Wes Barnett, I think I may have met him, but I was not aware it had been that long, i adjusted my technique in the snatch in the build-up to these championships, which made a difference, and it was always in the back of my mind that I could win a medal here.

3. Sigmund Freud:

   The analytic psychotherapist thus has a threefold battle to wage -- in his own mind against the forces which seek to drag him down from the analytic level; outside the analysis, against opponents who dispute the importance he attaches to the sexual instinctual forces and hinder him from making use of them in his scientific technique; and inside the analysis, against his patients, who at first behave like opponents but later on reveal the overvaluation of sexual life which dominates them, and who try to make him captive to their socially untamed passion.

4. Doctor Alejandro Chvez-Badiola:

   We first want to know if the technique can be replicated and give us the results we’re hoping for, right now we’d be willing to absorb the extra costs, as it’s a treatment that stems from extraordinary technology.

5. Staff John Kelly:

   The children will be taken care of -- put into foster care or whatever. But the big point is they elected to come illegally into the United States and this is a technique that no one hopes will be used extensively or for very long.

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