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# method

«method» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A way of doing something, especially a planned, careful way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a method, methods)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A way of doing something, especially a planned, careful way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#m1)

2) In science, the list of steps you follow in an experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#m2)

3) In maths, the steps you use to work out an answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, teachers say «show your method» — write the steps, not just the answer; there can be different methods (column addition, number line, grid method) for the same sum. In science, a write-up has an aim, equipment, method, results and conclusion; the method must be clear so someone else can repeat it and make it a fair test. Phrases: «show your method», «a different method», «the scientific method», «grid method».

### examples

- man's secret and method, they began to irritate liim with their words, and tinally left liim, t;iking his science with them and became builders like him. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#x1)
- Show your method, not just the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#x2)
- The grid method helps with long multiplication. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#x3)
- Write the method for your experiment in numbered steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#x4)
- Is there a quicker method? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#x5)
- We used two methods to check the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#x6)
- The scientific method means testing ideas with fair experiments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#x7)
- Grandma has her own method for making pancakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#x8)
- Her method was slow but it worked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#x9)

### note

Countable. Adjective: «methodical» (careful and orderly). A method is how you do it; a «result» is what you get. If two methods give different answers, at least one has a mistake.

### In the corpora

- [Ships and some dry countries make drinking water from seawater by distillation and other methods.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/8-separating-mixtures/13/)
- [Look, say, cover, write, check is a method for learning a spelling from memory.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/16/)
- [A jigsaw puzzle is easier with a method: edges and corners first, then group the colours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/243-puzzles-and-video-games/0/)
- [Start a jigsaw with the edges and corners, then group the colours; a method makes a hard puzzle easier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/243-puzzles-and-video-games/11/)
- [The Chinese learned to make silk from the cocoons of silkworms that eat mulberry leaves, and kept the method secret for centuries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «method» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.