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# method

noun (a method, methods)

«method» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A way of doing something, especially a planned, careful way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/#m1)
2. In science, the list of steps you follow in an experiment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/#m2)
3. In maths, the steps you use to work out an answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/#m3)

### 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

- Show your method, not just the answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/#x1)
- The grid method helps with long multiplication. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/#x2)
- Write the method for your experiment in numbered steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/#x3)
- Is there a quicker method? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/#x4)
- We used two methods to check the answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/#x5)
- The scientific method means testing ideas with fair experiments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/#x6)
- Grandma has her own method for making pancakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/#x7)
- Her method was slow but it worked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/#x8)

### 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 Jewish tradition

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «method» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/method/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«method» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/method.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «method» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«method» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/method.html) on Mova free.