Words / B2

tek-NEEK/tekˈniːk/

A technique is a particular skilled way of doing something: a breathing technique; research techniques. Method is wider; tactic is more political. Technology is machines and systems, not the same word. Do not write “a technic”. Art, sport, and lab reports all use technique.

Meaning

A particular way of doing a skilled activity.

Examples

• “The essay improved once she learned a technique for planning paragraphs.”
• “The paper compares two laboratory techniques for measuring pollution.”

Good to know

a technique for + -ing; research / painting technique. Wider: method. Not technology. Spelling: technique (not technic). Sport/art/lab.

Near in meaning

method

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