methodnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmeθ.əd/us/ˈmeθ.əd/B1 a particular way of doing something:
Travelling by train is still one of the safest methods of transport.
The new teaching methods encourage children to think for themselves.
More examples
- That method hasn't worked, so let's try your way.
- This method of growing tomatoes never fails.
- What is the most reliable method of contraception?
- She criticized the police's methods of crowd control.
- We used different methods of calculation, but we both got the same result.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- avenue
- basis
- channel
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- open sesame
- resort
- shortcut
- vein
- whereby
- workings
See more results »
Idiom(s)
there's method in your madness