Method

Method (μέθοδος, methodos, from μετά/meta "in pursuit or quest of" + ὁδός/hodos "a method, system; a way or manner" of doing, saying, etc.), literally means a pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, or system. In recent centuries it more often means a prescribed process for completing a task.

It may refer to:
 * Scientific method, a series of steps, or collection of methods, taken to acquire knowledge
 * Method (computer programming), a piece of code associated with a class or object to perform a task
 * Method (patent), under patent law, a protected series of steps or acts
 * Methodism, a Christian religious movement
 * Methodology, comparison or study and critique of individual methods that are used in a given discipline or field of inquiry
 * Discourse on the Method, a philosophical and mathematical treatise by René Descartes
 * Methods (journal), a scientific journal covering research on techniques in the experimental biological and medical sciences

Arts

 * Method (music), a kind of textbook to help students learning to play a musical instrument
 * Method (2004 film), a 2004 film directed by Duncan Roy
 * Method (2017 film), a South Korean film
 * Method (Godhead), the bassist and programmer for the industrial band Godhead
 * Method acting, a style of acting in which the actor attempts to replicate the conditions under which the character operates
 * Method Acting, a song by the group Bright Eyes on their album "Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground"
 * Method ringing, a British style of ringing church bells according to a series of mathematical algorithms
 * Method Man, an American rapper
 * "Method", a song by Living Colour from the album The Chair in the Doorway
 * "A Method", a song by TV on the Radio from the album Return to Cookie Mountain

Business

 * Method Incorporated, an international brand experience agency
 * Method Products (branded as "method"), a San Francisco–based corporation that manufactures household products
 * Method Studios, a Los Angeles–based visual effects company