method
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈmeθəd/
/ˈmeθəd/
Idioms - [countable] a particular way of doing something
- Which method is the most effective?
- traditional/alternative methods
- method of something a scientific method of data analysis
- method of doing something a reliable method of measuring blood pressure
- method for (doing) something the best method for arriving at an accurate prediction of the costs
- method to do something Developing new methods to keep insects out of food packages is critical.
- to use/employ/apply a method
- to devise/propose/adopt a method
- He's quite critical of modern teaching methods.
Extra ExamplesTopics Scientific researcha2- This is the best method of settling such arguments.
- This is a simpler method for making bread.
- Farmers are seeking less toxic methods of pest control.
- Scientists have developed two new methods of detecting the chemical.
- Various methods were used in these studies.
- We can apply these methods to a wide range of problems.
- This method involves cutting a very thin slice from the object.
- This illustrates how experimental methods can be used to explore these issues.
- a range of contraceptive methods
- Methods were described for growing this vegetable in 200 BC.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accurate
- effective
- efficient
- …
- adopt
- apply
- employ
- …
- involve something
- work
- employ something
- …
- method for
- method of
- [uncountable] the quality of being well planned and organized
- There's very little method in his approach.
- We have to apply some method to this investigation.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘prescribed medical treatment for a disease’): via Latin from Greek methodos ‘pursuit of knowledge’, from meta- (expressing development) + hodos ‘way’.
Idioms
there’s (a) method in somebody’s madness
- there is a reason for somebody’s behaviour and it is not as strange or as stupid as it seems