Synonyms for method
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Definitions
- n. 1
A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).
If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.
Forms
- Plural
- methods → ways, procedures, orders, manners…
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Method implies arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts which tend to secmode relates to a single action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed as a whole, exhibits.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- system The system will go into operation in a short time.
- process He explained the process of putting them together.
- manner Animals act in a better manner than wicked humans.
- procedure Generally speaking, endoscopy is a safe procedure.
By length
- 3 letters
- way1
- 4 letters
- line1, mean1, form1, plan1, path1, mode1
- 5 letters
- order2, means1, style1, forme
- 6 letters
- system2, course1, manner2
- 7 letters
- process2, fashion2, routine2, dynamic3
- 8 letters
- practice2, practise2
- 9 letters
- procedure3
- 11 letters
- arrangement3, disposition4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).