method /methˈəd/ noun- The mode or rule used in carrying out a task or accomplishing an aim
- Orderly procedure
- Manner
- Orderly arrangement
- Methodicalness
- Classification
- A system or rule
- Manner of performance
- An instruction book systematically arranged (archaic)
ORIGIN: Gr methodos, from meta after, and hodos a way methodic /mi-thodˈik/ or methodˈical adjective - Carried out or arranged in a systematic and orderly way
- Disposed in a just and natural manner
- Observing method, inclined to be systematic
- Formal
methodˈically adverb methodˈicalness noun Methˈodism noun (Christianity) The principles and practice of the Methodists methˈodist noun - A person who observes method
- (with cap) a follower of John and Charles Wesley, a name given first to a group of students at Oxford ‘for the regularity of their lives as well as studies’
- A member of the Methodist Church, a nonconformist denomination founded in 1795 on John Wesley's doctrines
adjective Of or relating to Methodism Methodistˈic or Methodistˈical adjective - Resembling the Methodists, esp as viewed by opponents
- Strict in religious matters
Methodistˈically adverb methˈodize or methˈodise transitive verb - To reduce to a system or method
- To arrange in an orderly way
methˈodizer or methˈodiser noun methodologˈical adjective methodologˈically adverb methodolˈogist noun methodolˈogy noun - A system of methods and rules applicable to research or work in a given science or art
- Evaluation of subjects taught, and the principles and techniques of teaching them
Methˈody noun A disrespectful nickname for a Methodist method acting noun Acting as a personal living of a part, contrasted with mere technical performance (also called the method) |