method

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos). By surface analysis, met- + -hod. See also -ode and hodo-.

Hercule Poirot's methods are his own. — The Big Four, Agatha Christie
So he would try a new method. — Three men on the bummel, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
His method of working was as follows. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

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