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Grammar : Noun
Spell : meth-uhd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛθ əd



Definition of methods

Origin :
  • early 15c., "regular, systematic treatment of disease," from Latin methodus "way of teaching or going," from Greek methodos "scientific inquiry, method of inquiry, investigation," originally "pursuit, a following after," from meta- "after" (see meta-) + hodos "a traveling, way" (see cede). Meaning "way of doing anything" is from 1580s; that of "orderliness, regularity" is from 1610s. In reference to a theory of acting associated with Russian director Konstantin Stanislavsky, it is attested from 1923.
  • noun means, procedure
  • noun order, pattern
Example sentences :
  • But his methods are not possessed in the main of dramatic respectability.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • These children, grown up, knew no other methods of training.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • But he was forty, and the methods of that many years must still govern his actions.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • To do this we must rely upon the methods which we use in any historical investigation.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • Kingozi's methods of eating had in them little of the epicure.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The methods of these police-court lawyers always interest me.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • What do they mean by importing their methods of Crim-Tartary here?
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Lem wuz onto Dock's methods, 'nd he knew there wuz sumthin' ahead.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • And this is largely due to her methods of research and inquiry.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • Women are naturally more gentle in their methods, and more tenderhearted.
  • Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow

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