noun · academic
method
/ˈmɛθəd/ME·thod
Band 4-5task1task2speaking
A planned way of doing something, especially in research or science.
Examples
“The method section explains how the data were collected.”
“They compared three different methods for measuring air quality.”
“A new teaching method improved students' engagement.”
Band 8 sentence
“A mixed-methods approach was adopted to combine qualitative interviews with quantitative surveys.”
Collocations
- research method
- apply a method
- methodology
Word family
methodology nounmethodical adjectivemethodically adverb
Common mistakes
many method→many methods
make a method→develop/introduce a method
methodology = method→methodology / method
Say it for a higher band
5way→6technique→7+method
Synonyms
technique
Easily confused
technique
“She used several new techniques to speed up the process.”
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