Technique
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements. uncountable
"Brahms, after realizing that the technique of the piano was developing along mistaken lines, and his own danger of stereotyping his style, keeps away from it for most of his middle age [...]."
- 2 skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity wordnet
- 3 Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill. uncountable
"Yet those who packed concert halls to listen to him sing, as Indians did for over six decades, rarely mentioned his technique."
- 4 a practical method or art applied to some particular task wordnet
- 5 A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge. countable
"They said executives were warned about one technique nicknamed "carpet karaoke", which involved bending deportees over in aircraft seats to silence them."
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More examples"It is the correct approach to modern ski technique."
Etymology
Borrowed from French technique (“technicality; branch of knowledge”), noun use of technique (“technical”), from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”). Doublet of technic.
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