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Method   /mˈɛθəd/   Listen
Method

noun
1.
A way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps).
2.
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.  Synonym: method acting.



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"Method" Quotes from Famous Books



... only suppose," she retorted, "that you fancy the best method is to try to carry the war ...
— Enter Bridget • Thomas Cobb
... mountains, and must often hear the piping of those who wander freely in the woods. Even in Italy, it seems, where the criminal is beginning to be understood as a sick person, they have not yet contrived to banish the older method of treatment: as who should say, you are ill and fainting with anaemia, come let me ...
— Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa • Edward Hutton
... uneasy; she had wired Quarrier, saying she would meet him and drive him over. He had replied at once, naming his train. He was an exact man and expected method and precision in others. She didn't exactly know how it might affect him if his reasonable demand was unsatisfied. She did not know him very well yet, only well enough to be aware that he was a gentleman so precisely, so judiciously constructed, that, contemplating ...
— The Fighting Chance • Robert W. Chambers
... books on this side of the subject and to the collections that the police have made, and yet, in my short time, I remember how the idea was scoffed at when Monsieur Bertillon and the French police first commenced the detection of criminals by this method. If the ignorant prejudice against a complete study of the hand were overcome, the police would be greatly assisted by studying the lines of the palm, and acquiring a knowledge of what these lines mean, especially as regards mentality and the inclination of the brain ...
— Palmistry for All • Cheiro
... method of satisfying yourself in that respect by observing the process of brewing, which, in every essential circumstance, is similar to that of making wine, and is really a very ...
— Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 • Jane Marcet


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