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method

meth·od [ méthəd ] (plural meth·ods)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. way of doing something: a way of doing something or carrying something out, especially according to a plan
a successful method of teaching reading

2. orderliness: orderly thought, action, or technique
There is no method at all in his filing system.

3. body of techniques: the body of systematic techniques used by a particular discipline, especially a scientific one

[15th century. Via Latin< Greek methodos "pursuit, way" < meta- "after" + hodos "journey"]

there's method to or in somebody's madness there is a good reason for somebody's apparently foolish, strange, or illogical action

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