'Method' definitions:
Definition of 'method'
(from WordNet)
noun
A way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
noun
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 [syn: method acting, method]
Definition of 'Method'
From: GCIDE
- Method \Meth"od\, n. [F. m['e]thode, L. methodus, fr. Gr. meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after + "odo`s way.]
- 1. 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. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual. [1913 Webster]
- Though this be madness, yet there's method in it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- All method is a rational progress, a progress toward an end. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Nat. Hist.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [PJC]
- Syn: Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode; course; process; means.
- Usage: Method, Mode, Manner. Method implies arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts which tend to secure it; mode relates to a single action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed as a whole, exhibits. Manner is literally the handling of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both method and mode. An instructor may adopt a good method of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad mode of holding his pen; the manner in which he is corrected will greatly affect his success or failure. [1913 Webster] Methodic
Synonyms of 'method'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- action,
- actions,
- activity,
- acts,
- address,
- affectation,
- air,
- algorithm,
- anality,
- apple-pie order,
- approach,
- arrangement,
- art,
- avenue,
- behavior,
- behavior pattern,
- behavioral norm,
- behavioral science,
- blueprint,
- blueprinting,
- calculation,
- capacity,
- capital,
- carriage,
- charting,
- comportment,
- conception,
- conduct,
- contrivance,
- course,
- craft,
- culture pattern,
- custom,
- demeanor,
- deportment,
- design,
- device,
- devices,
- discipline,
- disposable resources,
- disposition,
- doing,
- doings,
- enterprise,
- envisagement,
- fashion,
- figuring,
- fine fettle,
- folkway,
- foresight,
- forethought,
- form,
- funds,
- game,
- gestures,
- goings-on,
- good condition,
- good shape,
- good trim,
- graphing,
- ground plan,
- guidelines,
- guise,
- idea,
- intention,
- layout,
- line,
- line of action,
- lines,
- lineup,
- long-range plan,
- maintien,
- manner,
- manner of working,
- manners,
- mapping,
- master plan,
- means,
- mechanics,
- mechanism,
- methodicalness,
- methodology,
- methods,
- mien,
- MO,
- mode,
- mode of operation,
- mode of procedure,
- modus,
- modus operandi,
- modus vivendi,
- motions,
- movements,
- moves,
- neatness,
- observable behavior,
- operations research,
- order,
- orderliness,
- organization,
- pattern,
- plan,
- planning,
- planning function,
- poise,
- port,
- pose,
- posture,
- power,
- practice,
- praxis,
- prearrangement,
- presence,
- procedure,
- proceeding,
- process,
- program,
- program of action,
- rationalization,
- recourses,
- regularity,
- resorts,
- resources,
- road,
- route,
- routine,
- schedule,
- schema,
- schematism,
- schematization,
- scheme,
- scheme of arrangement,
- science,
- setup,
- skill,
- social science,
- stock,
- strategic plan,
- strategy,
- structure,
- style,
- supply,
- system,
- systematicness,
- systematization,
- tack,
- tactical plan,
- tactics,
- technic,
- technical know-how,
- technical knowledge,
- technical skill,
- technics,
- technique,
- technology,
- the big picture,
- the drill,
- the how,
- the picture,
- the way of,
- tidiness,
- tone,
- trimness,
- way,
- way of life,
- ways,
- ways and means,
- wherewith,
- wherewithal,
- wise,
- working plan,
- wrinkle
Words containing 'Method'
- Methodic,
- Methodical,
- Methodically,
- Methodism,
- Methodization,
- Methodize,
- Methodized,
- Methodizer,
- Methodizing,
- the Method,
- Baconian method,
- Cascade method,
- Centrobaric method,
- Endermic method,
- Graphic method,
- Inductive method,
- Lunar method,
- Method of increments,
- Method of indivisibles,
- Montessori Method,
- Null method,
- Scientific method,
- Sentence method,
- Sexual method,
- Socratic method,
- Word method,
- Zero method,
- Zetetic method,
- bradley method,
- calendar method,
- contraceptive method,
- eclectic method,
- experimental method,
- gram method,
- gram's method,
- lamaze method,
- leboyer method,
- maieutic method,
- method acting,
- method of accounting,
- method of choice,
- method of fluxions,
- ovulation method,
- powder method,
- read method,
- relaxation method,
- rhythm method,
- statistical method,
- teaching method,
- withdrawal method,
- bradley method of childbirth,
- lamaze method of childbirth,
- leboyer method of childbirth,
- method of least squares,
- read method of childbirth,
- basal body temperature method,
- calendar method of birth control,
- ovulation method of family planning,
- rhythm method of birth control,
- straight-line method,
- whole-word method,
- straight-line method of depreciation,
- basal body temperature method of family planning