🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

método

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ME-to-du

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Method/ˈmɛθ.əd/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Encontramos um novo método para resolver o problema."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A particular procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one.

    "Scientists use a strict experimental method to test their hypotheses."
  2. 2

    Orderly arrangement, development, or classification; plan or system.

    "There is a clear method to her madness and organization."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek word 'methodos', meaning 'pursuit of knowledge' or 'investigation', composed of 'meta-' (after, pursuing) and 'hodos' (way, journey). It entered late Middle English via Latin and French, initially retaining its medical and philosophical meanings before broadening to describe any systematic procedure or regular way or manner of doing something.

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