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Antonyms for methods
| 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
- 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
Synonyms for methods
- adjustment
- approach
- arrangement
- channels
- classification
- course
- custom
- design
- disposal
- disposition
- fashion
- form
- formula
- habit
- line
- manner
- mechanism
- mode
- modus
- modus operandi
- nuts and bolts
- orderliness
- organization
- plan
- planning
- practice
- proceeding
- process
- program
- purpose
- receipt
- recipe
- red tape
- regularity
- ritual
- rote
- routine
- rubric
- rule
- rut
- schema
- scheme
- shortcut
- structure
- style
- system
- tack
- tactics
- technic
- technique
- tenor
- the book
- usage
- way
- ways and means
- wise
- wrinkle
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