method

method
method [meth′əd]
n.
[Fr méthode < L methodus < Gr methodos, a going after, pursuit, system < meta, after (see META-) + hodos, a way (see -ODE1)]
1. a way of doing anything; mode; procedure; process; esp., a regular, orderly, definite procedure or way of teaching, investigating, etc.
2. regularity and orderliness in action, thought, or expression; system in doing things or handling ideas
3. regular, orderly arrangement
adj.
[often M-]
using the Method
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the Method
a realistic style of acting in which the actor strives for close personal identification with the role being played

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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