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   meth·od

   /ˈmeTHəd/

   noun

   • 1. a particular form of procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one: "a method for software maintenance" Similar proceduretechniquesystempracticeroutinemodus operandimethod of workingformulaprocessmeansmediummechanismtackapproachwaylinecourse of actionrouteroadstrategytacticplanreciperule
   • ▪ orderliness of thought or behavior; systematic planning or action: "historical study is the rigorous combination of knowledge and method" Similar orderorderlinessorganizationarrangementstructureformsystemlogicplanningplandesignpurposepatternroutinedisciplineOpposite chaosdisorder
   • ▪ short for method acting

   Word Origin late 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’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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