method
noun
[ ˈmɛθəd ]
• a particular procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one.
• "a method for software maintenance"
Similar:
procedure,
technique,
system,
practice,
routine,
modus operandi,
method of working,
formula,
process,
means,
medium,
mechanism,
tack,
approach,
way,
line,
course of action,
route,
road,
strategy,
tactic,
plan,
recipe,
rule,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘prescribed medical treatment for a disease’): via Latin from Greek methodos ‘pursuit of knowledge’, from meta- (expressing development) + hodos ‘way’.
