methodology
noun OPAL W
/ˌmeθəˈdɒlədʒi/
/ˌmeθəˈdɑːlədʒi/
(plural methodologies)
[countable, uncountable] (formal)- a set of methods and principles used to perform a particular activity
- recent changes in the methodology of language teaching
- research methodologies
Extra Examples- Different people adopt different methodologies.
- Police methodologies have been questioned in recent years.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMethodology is used after these nouns:- research
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from modern Latin methodologia or French méthodologie.