method

1. 1.

   a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

   Broaderknow-how

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2. 2.

   an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed

   Synonymsmethod acting

   Broaderacting

Other forms of method

plural

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about method

What does method mean?

method means "a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in method?

method has 2 syllables: met-hod. The stress falls on "met". In IPA it is /ˈmɛθəd/.

What is another word for method?

Close synonyms include method acting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is method a common word?

method is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.