Technique

Noun

 * 1)  The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
 * 2) *1924, HE Wortham, A Musical Odyssey, p. 97:
 * Brahms, after realizing that the technique of the piano was developing along mistaken lines, and his own danger of stereotyping his style, keeps away from it for most of his middle age [...].
 * 1)  Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
 * 2) *2011, "Bhimsen Joshi", The Economist, 3 Feb 2011:
 * Yet those who packed concert halls to listen to him sing, as Indians did for over six decades, rarely mentioned his technique.
 * 1) A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.
 * 2) *2011, Paul Lewis & Matthew Taylor, The Guardian, 16 Mar 2011:
 * They said executives were warned about one technique nicknamed "carpet karaoke", which involved bending deportees over in aircraft seats to silence them.

Related terms

 * technic
 * technical
 * technician
 * techniquing

Adjectives for Technique
comprehensive; scarce; specified; perfected; grooming; inborn; natural; creative; operating; educational; photographic; administrative; first-rate; incredible; piano; impressionistic; remarkable; dramatic; masterly; sterile; histological; surgical; brushing; delicate; facile; amazing; complex.

Verbs for Technique
acclaim—; achieve—; acquire—; attain—; change—; commend—; contrive—; crown —; dispatch with—; display—; develop—; devise—; employ—; endow with—; evolve —; excel in—; exhibit—; forge—; formulate—; improve—; master—; perfect—; ize—; stamp with—; enhances; —equips.

Thesaurus
MO, SOP, ability, acquaintance, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, algorithm, approach, aptitude, arrangement, art, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, atmosphere, attack, balance, bravura, brilliance, brushwork, capability, capacity, cleverness, color, command, competence, composition, control, coordination, corpus, course, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, data, datum, deftness, design, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, draftsmanship, efficiency, experience, expertise, facility, facts, factual base, faculty, familiarity, fashion, finesse, form, genius, gift, grace, grip, grouping, guise, handiness, horsemanship, information, ingeniousness, ingenuity, intelligence, intimacy, ken, knack, know-how, knowing, knowledge, line, line of action, lines, manner, manner of working, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, means, mechanics, mechanism, method, methodology, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus, modus operandi, order, painterliness, performance, perspective, practical ability, practical knowledge, practice, private knowledge, privity, procedure, proceeding, process, proficiency, prowess, quickness, ratio cognoscendi, readiness, resource, resourcefulness, routine, savoir-faire, savvy, science, seamanship, self-knowledge, shading, shadow, skill, skillfulness, standard operating procedure, style, system, tack, tact, tactfulness, talent, technic, technical brilliance, technical know-how, technical knowledge, technical mastery, technical skill, technics, technology, the drill, the how, the way of, timing, tone, touch, treatment, values, virtuosity, way, wise, wit, wizardry, workmanship

Etymology
From technique:, noun use of technique:, from  τεχνικός:, from τέχνη:, from τίκτειν:.

Translations

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 * Mandarin: 技術, 技术, 技巧, 手法
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 * Hebrew: טכניקה
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 * Icelandic: tækni
 * Ido: tekniko
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 * Korean: 기술 (gisul)
 * Norwegian: teknikk
 * Persian: (teknik)
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Noun

 * 1) technique, technology

Adjective

 * 1) technical