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methodology

[ meth- uh - dol - uh -jee ]

• a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
• the underlying principles and rules of organization of a philosophical system or inquiry procedure.
• the study of the principles underlying the organization of the various sciences and the conduct of scientific inquiry.
• Education. a branch of pedagogics dealing with analysis and evaluation of subjects to be taught and of the methods of teaching them.

/ ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒɪ; ˌmɛθədəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

• the system of methods and principles used in a particular discipline
• the branch of philosophy concerned with the science of method and procedure

Derived Forms

• ˌmethodoˈlogically , adverb
• ˌmethodˈologist , noun
• methodological , adjective

Other Words From

• meth·od·o·log·i·cal [ meth-, uh, -dl-, oj, -i-k, uh, l ] , adjective
• meth·od·ol·o·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of methodology 1

Example Sentences

In the global race for a Covid vaccine, different researchers are trying a variety of methodologies and platforms.

The issue, he added, is that there isn’t a clear methodology or adjudication system for publishers or platforms to dispute Chrome’s decision making over what constitutes a “heavy” ad.

Firefox has been an aggressive champion of consumer privacy and not necessarily a friend to digital marketers, most of whom would have preferred to keep third-party cookies and existing tracking and targeting methodologies intact.

Before you dive in, it may help to read our summary of the state of the race, or at least skim our very detailed methodology guide.

We work with Google to find the most advanced and highest impact advertising strategies, as well as new advertising features, and we reveal some of our new methodologies which we normally do not share.

Geisbert was also quick to mention how the methodology of the study could be affecting the current results.

Germane and relevant in their way, but wielding a different methodology.

The UN methodology affords its team a little more flexibility.

“Food Chains” shows how the CIW is using a completely new methodology—contract law—to make a difference in the growing fields.

Alt cert critics often argue that there are flaws in the methodology of some of these studies.

The next two Partes contain a discussion of the methodology of note-taking and are not directly bibliographical in nature.

I bring together here different studies relating more or less directly to questions of scientific methodology.

Some expense for the development of computer systems and computer systems methods is justifiable as an investment in methodology.

The arguments used by these despisers of methodology are strong enough in all appearance.

The study of these processes of historical construction forms the second half of Methodology.

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• a means to an end idiom
• methodological
• methodologically
• stylistically

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Other forms: methodologies

A methodology is a plan-of-attack, especially when that plan-of-attack is used repeatedly.

This might be obvious, but the word methodology is related to the word method . In fact, a methodology is a system of methods followed consistently. Scientists, for example, use various methodologies as they perform experiments. It might seem like the world is nothing but chaos and disorder. But actually, sometimes there is a method to this madness. And sometimes there’s a methodology.

• noun the system of methods followed in a particular discipline see more see less types: scientific method a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses experimental method the use of controlled observations and measurements to test hypotheses type of: method a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
• noun the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline synonyms: methodological analysis see more see less type of: epistemology the philosophical theory of knowledge

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Derived from the Greek suffix -logia , the suffix -ology in English means "the science of or the study of."

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Definition of methodology noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

methodology

• recent changes in the methodology of language teaching
• research methodologies
• Different people adopt different methodologies.
• Police methodologies have been questioned in recent years.

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• methodology (noun)
• scientific theories and methodologies
• He blamed the failure of their research on poor methodology .

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