method

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A particular way of doing something, especially a planned or organized one.

   If one method doesn't work, try another.

2. 2
   noun

   An orderly or systematic way of working.

   There seemed to be no method to how the files were arranged.

3. 3
   noun

   A function or routine that belongs to an object or class in programming.

   You call the method and pass it the values it needs.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos)der. Latin methodusbor. Middle French methodebor. English method From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos). By surface analysis, met- + -hod. See also -ode and hodo-.

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