The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
word method — word method, a way of teaching reading by learning words before teaching the letters; whole word method … Useful english dictionary
whole-word method — noun teaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken words (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑teaching reading * * * whole word method «HOHL WURD», = word method. (Cf. ↑word method) … Useful english dictionary
method acting — UK / US noun [uncountable] theatre, cinema preparation for an acting role in which the actor gets real experience of the life of the type of character that he or she will play Derived word: method actor noun countable Word forms method actor :… … English dictionary
method acting — noun an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed • Syn: ↑method • Hypernyms: ↑acting, ↑playing, ↑playacting … Useful english dictionary
method — Manner of accomplishing something. The way in which a thing is done. As used in the Federal income tax statute providing that the taxpayer may make his returns in accordance with the method of accounting regularly employed in keeping the books of … Ballentine's law dictionary
Word salad (computer science) — Word salad is a mixture of seemingly meaningful words that together signify nothing; [Lavergne 2006:384] the phrase draws its name from the common name for a symptom of schizophrenia, Word salad. When applied to a physical theory, word salad is a … Wikipedia
Word of mouth (disambiguation) — Word of Mouth may refer to:*word of mouth, a method of communication * Word of Mouth (The Kinks album) * Word of Mouth (Jaco Pastorius album) * Word of Mouth (Vicious Rumors album) * Word of Mouth (The Blueskins album) * Word of Mouth (John… … Wikipedia
Word wrap — or line wrap is the feature, supported by most text editors, word processors, and web browsers, of automatically replacing some of the blank spaces between words by line breaks, such that each line fits in the viewable window, allowing text to be … Wikipedia
Word play — is a literary technique in which the nature of the words that are used become the main subject of the work. Puns, phonetic mix ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling… … Wikipedia
Word guessing — refers to a method of reading where a beginner reader doesn t know what a word is in a sentence, so he/she guesses what the word is and reads the rest of the sentence to confirm their guess, e.g. The fox jumped over the dog. If you didn t know… … Wikipedia
