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Word technique
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / tekˈniːk / NAmE / tekˈniːk /
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  • the artist combines different techniques in the same painting.
  • marketing techniques
  • teachers learn various techniques for dealing with problem students.
  • her technique has improved a lot over the past season.
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technique

(noun)BrE / tekˈniːk / NAmE / tekˈniːk /
  1. a particular way of doing something, especially one in which you have to learn special skills
    • The artist combines different techniques in the same painting.
    • marketing techniques
    • Teachers learn various techniques for dealing with problem students.
  2. the skill with which somebody is able to do something practical
    • Her technique has improved a lot over the past season.

    Extra Examples

    • He has an ingenious technique for dealing with problems of that sort.
    • Modern freezing techniques enable the chickens to be stored for weeks.
    • On the walls I applied the same technique as I had used for the ceiling.
    • She needs to work on her interview technique if she’s going to get a job.
    • The new technique works better than the one it has replaced.
    • The students were struggling to master the new technique.
    • The technique was pioneered in California.
    • They employ the latest techniques in farm management.
    • They learn basic techniques in self-defence.
    • singing techniques derived from Tibetan music
    • techniques for the storage of data
    • He needs to improve his throwing technique.
    • How do you feel about your exam/examination technique.
    • It is now known that ancient seafarers used quite sophisticated navigating techniques.
    • The crime was solved using the most advanced forensic techniques.
    • This is a powerful negotiating technique.
    • Which management techniques seem to work best?
    • You will learn various techniques for dealing with difficult customers.

    Word Origin

    • early 19th cent.: from French, from Latin technicus, from Greek tekhnikos, from tekhnē ‘art’.
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