METHOD
\mˈɛθəd], \mˈɛθəd], \m_ˈɛ_θ_ə_d]\
Definitions of METHOD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise"
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a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
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Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.
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Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
By Oddity Software
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An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
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Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.
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Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
By Noah Webster.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The mode or rule of accomplishing an end: orderly procedure: manner: arrangement: system: rule: classification.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A suitable arrangement of things, proceedings, or ideas, to prevent confusion; a regular mode or manner of doing anything; orderly arrangement; system of arrangement peculiar to an individual; order; system; way; manner.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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This word has different acceptations in the sciences. In mdicine, curative method, methodus medendi, is the methodical treatment of disease.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [Latin, Greek] Plan; order; system;— suitable or convenient arrangement ; disposition ;— regular or ordinary mode of transacting business ; course of procedure ; way ; manner ;— in physics, distribution of natural bodies according to their common characteristics ; classification ;— in logic, train of argument, or course of investigation in accordance with a ruling principle, as of induction, deduction, exhaustion, &c.
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