Method

Noun

 * 1) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
 * If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.
 * This method saves me a lot of time.
 * 1) A type of theatrical acting wherein the actor utilizes his personal emotions from personal experience to portray a scripted scene.
 * 2)  In object-oriented languages, a subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
 * 3)  Marijuana.

Derived terms

 * methodical
 * methodology
 * historical method
 * scientific method
 * scholarly method
 * philosophical method

Adjectives for Method
opposite; economical; selfsame; ingenious; inductive; haphazard; peaceful; laborious; scrupulous; numberless; hustling; indirect; exalting; novel; honorable; elaborate; summary; unostentatious; artistic; deductive; radio; unnatural; advantageous; clumsy; gruesome; commercialized; painless; convenient; statistical; authoritarian; getting; instinctive; conservative; picturesque; substantial; unique;  dangerous;  antiseptic; photographic; modern;  up-to-the-minute; unsurpassed; therapeutic; orthodox; old-fashioned; lucid; prudent; time-honored; patented; scientific; sweet; objective; tentative; wholesome; plating; monstrous; philosophical; primitive; factory; despotic; imperturbable; feasible; transient; advertising; suitable; vociferous; unceremonious; naturalistic; lawful; evasive; subjective; preposterous; superstitious; accepted; surreptitious; particular; thoughtful; subversive; dilatory; peculiar; realistic; comely; inferior; outworn; analytic; amazing; humane; unpretending; histrionic; mystical; foolish;  political;   exclusive;   dogmatic; equitable; ever-changing; descriptive; revolting; slack; peaceable; costly; doctrinal; appropriate; shrewd; false; ideal; autographic; financing; simplified; parliamentary; reproductive; pedantic; dictatorial; administrative; mild; barbarous; ignominious; collaborative; time-tried; indistinguishable; desultory; efficacious; inconsequent; injudicious; obsolescent; intuitive; glamorous; subtle; prosodic; avowed; current; fixation; enlarged; straightforward.

Verbs for Method
abandon—; abuse—; adopt—; advocate—; antedate—; ape—; apply—; conceive—; condemn—; design—; develop—; devise—; discard—; discover—; employ—; evolve—; exploit—; formulate—; introduce—; justify —; modify—; probe—; propose—; pursue—; reform—; repudiate—; resort to—; revolutionize—; supplant—; supplement—.

Thesaurus
MO, 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, 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

Etymology
From μέθοδος:, from μετά: + ὁδός:.

Translations

 * Arabic:  ,
 * Armenian:, մեթոդ,  ,
 * Catalan: mètode
 * Chinese: 方法 (fāngfǎ)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מתודה (metoda)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: aðferð, háttur, skipulag


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 方法 (hōhō), 方式 (hōsiki)
 * Korean: 방법 (bangbeob)
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian:, метода
 * Persian:, ,  شیوه,  طریقه
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: metodă
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, modh, dòigh
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, tillvägagångssätt
 * Telugu: పద్ధతి (paddhati)
 * Volapük: metod


 * Finnish: metodinäytteleminen
 * French: La Méthode
 * Greek:


 * Romanian: metodă
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Czech:
 * Hungarian: metódus, tagfüggvény


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:

Anagrams

 * mothed