{
    "term": "method",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a particular way of doing something",
            "sensetop": "method of somethingmethod of doing somethingmethod for (doing) somethingmethod to do something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Which method is the most effective?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**traditional/alternative methods**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **scientific method** of data analysis",
                    "contextForm": "method of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a reliable method of measuring blood pressure",
                    "contextForm": "method of doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the best method for arriving at an accurate prediction of the costs",
                    "contextForm": "method for (doing) something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Developing new methods to keep insects out of food packages is critical.",
                    "contextForm": "method to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to use/employ/apply a method"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to devise/propose/adopt a method"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's quite critical of modern teaching methods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is the best method of settling such arguments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a simpler method for making bread."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Farmers are seeking less toxic methods of pest control."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Scientists have developed two new methods of detecting the chemical."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Various methods were used in these studies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can apply these methods to a wide range of problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This method involves cutting a very thin slice from the object."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This illustrates how experimental methods can be used to explore these issues."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a range of contraceptive methods"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Methods were described for growing this vegetable in 200 BC."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Scientific research"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["accurate", "effective", "efficient"],
                "verb + method": ["adopt", "apply", "employ"],
                "method + verb": ["involve something", "work", "employ something"],
                "preposition": ["method for", "method of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the quality of being well planned and organized",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's very little method in his approach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have to apply some method to this investigation."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "there is a reason for somebody’s behaviour and it is not as strange or as stupid as it seems",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmeθəd/",
                "audio": "me/method/method__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmeθəd/",
                "audio": "me/method/method__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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’."
}