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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations

[ English

[ Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέθοδος (methodos) "pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, system", from μετά, μέθ- (metα, meth-) "in the midst of, among, between, in common, along with, by aid of" + οδός (odos) "way, motion, journey".

[ Pronunciation

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• IPA: /'mɛθəd/

[ Noun

Singular method

Plural methods

method (plural methods)

1. A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
2. A type of theatrical acting wherein thee actor utilizes his personal emotions from personal experience to portray a scripted scene.
3. (programming) In object-oriented languages, a subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
4. (slang) Marijuana.

[ Derived terms

• methodical
• methodology
• historical method
• scientific method
• scholarly method
• philosophical method

[ Translations

process by which a task is completed

Chinese: 方法 (fāngfǎ) Czech: metoda cs(cs) f. Dutch: methode f. Esperanto: metodo eo(eo) Finnish: menetelmä fi(fi), metodi fi(fi) French: méthode fr(fr) f. German: Art und Weise de(de), Methode de(de) f. Greek: μέθοδος (methodos) Hebrew: מתודה (metoda) f.

Italian: metodo it(it) m. Japanese: 方法 (hōhō), 方式 (hōsiki) Latin: via la(la) Persian: متود Portuguese: método pt(pt) m. Spanish: método es(es) m. Swedish: metod sv(sv) c. Telugu: పద్ధతి (paddhati)

type of acting

Finnish: metodinäytteleminen fi(fi)

French: La Méthode f.

subroutine or function in object-oriented languages