"methodology" meaning in English

See methodology in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌmɛθ.əˈdɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌmɛθ.əˈdɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ [General-American], /ˌmɛθ.ɪˈdɑ.lɪ.d͡ʒi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-methodology.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-methodology.wav Forms: methodologies [plural]
Etymology: From French méthodologie. By surface analysis, method + -ology. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|méthodologie}} French méthodologie, {{surf|en|method|-ology}} By surface analysis, method + -ology Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} methodology (countable and uncountable, plural methodologies)
  1. (originally sciences) The study of methods used in a field. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sciences Translations (the study of methods used in a field): մեթոդաբանություն (metʻodabanutʻyun) (Armenian), metodologia [feminine] (Catalan), 方法論 (Chinese Mandarin), 方法论 (fāngfǎlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), metodologie [feminine] (Czech), menetelmäoppi (Finnish), méthodologie [feminine] (French), metodoloxía [feminine] (Galician), მეთოდიკა (metodiḳa) (Georgian), მეთოდოლოგია (metodologia) (Georgian), Methodologie [feminine] (German), Methodik [feminine] (German), μεθοδολογία (methodología) [feminine] (Greek), módszertan [singular] (Hungarian), metodologi (Indonesian), modheolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), metodologia (Italian), 方法論 (hōhōron) (Japanese), perkaedahan (Malay), metodologi (Malay), metodikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), metodikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), metodologia [feminine] (Polish), metodologia [feminine] (Portuguese), metodologie [feminine] (Romanian), методоло́гия (metodológija) [feminine] (Russian), мето́дика (metódika) [feminine] (Russian), metodología [feminine] (Spanish), методоло́гія (metodolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), metodav (Volapük)
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  2. (loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Synonyms: technique, means, procedure Translations (a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field): metodologia [feminine] (Catalan), metodika [feminine] (Czech), metodologia (Finnish), méthodologie [feminine] (French), მეთოდოლოგია (metodologia) (Georgian), Methodologie [feminine] (German), Methodik [feminine] (German), μεθοδολογία (methodología) [feminine] (Greek), modheolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), 手順 (tejun) (Japanese), 方法 (hōhō) (Japanese), 手法 (shuhō) (Japanese), metodyka [feminine] (Polish), metodologia [feminine] (Portuguese), metodologie [feminine] (Romanian), мето́дика (metódika) [feminine] (Russian), metodología [feminine] (Spanish), методоло́гія (metodolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), מעטאָדיק (metodik) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  3. The implementation of such methods etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the implementation of such methods etc.): menetelmä (Finnish), 方法 (hōhō) (Japanese), 手法 (shuhō) (Japanese), metodologia [feminine] (Portuguese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antimethodology, ethnomethodology, methodological, methodologically, methodologist, multimethodology, scientific methodology Related terms: metamethod (english: sometimes synonymous)

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      "word": "მეთოდოლოგია"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Methodologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Methodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "methodología",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μεθοδολογία"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modheolaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tejun",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "word": "手順"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōhō",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "word": "方法"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shuhō",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "word": "手法"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metodyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metodologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metodologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metódika",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мето́дика"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metodología"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "metodolóhija",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "методоло́гія"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "metodik",
      "sense": "a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מעטאָדיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the implementation of such methods etc.",
      "word": "menetelmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōhō",
      "sense": "the implementation of such methods etc.",
      "word": "方法"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shuhō",
      "sense": "the implementation of such methods etc.",
      "word": "手法"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the implementation of such methods etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metodologia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "methodology"
}

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