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| meth·od [ méthəd ] (plural meth·ods) |
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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
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2. orderliness: orderly thought, action, or technique
There is no method at all in his filing system.
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3. body of techniques: the body of systematic techniques used by a particular discipline, especially a scientific one
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| [15th century. Via Latin< Greek methodos "pursuit, way" < meta- "after" + hodos "journey"] |
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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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