technique

noun tech·nique \ tek-ˈnēk \

|Updated on: 15 Jun 2018

Definition of technique

1 : the manner in which technical details are treated (as by a writer) or basic physical movements are used (as by a dancer); also : ability to treat such details or use such movements

good piano technique

2 a : a body of technical methods (as in a craft or in scientific research)

b : a method of accomplishing a desired aim

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Examples of technique in a Sentence

We learned some techniques for relieving stress.
I used a special technique to make the bread.
The players need to practice in order to improve their technique.
a dancer with excellent technique
The ice-skaters will be judged on technique and creativity.

Recent Examples of technique from the Web

The closest thing in Spielberg’s filmography to Hereditary's use of his technique is the face of the four-year-old Cary Guffey in Close Encounters as his home is surrounded by aliens.

— jacob oller, The Hollywood Reporter, "How 'Hereditary' Flips Steven Spielberg's Trademark Shot," 10 June 2018
Police who had tortured and killed under military dictators carried on using the same techniques in the new era.

— ioan grillo, The New Republic, "When Democracy Isn’t Enough," 6 June 2018
Repeat this same technique, but reaching your foot diagonally back and to the left, and then back and to the right.

— adrienne jordan, GQ, "6 Unilateral Exercises That Will Turn Your Limbs to Wobbly Mush," 28 May 2018
Volcanologists and nuclear engineers are also finding new uses for the same technique, called muography, which harnesses muons to probe the innards of dense structures.

— elizabeth gibney, Scientific American, "Muons: The Little-known Particles Helping to Probe the Impenetrable," 28 May 2018
Talbott was identified as a suspect through genetic genealogy, the same technique used to arrest Joseph James DeAngelo, who police said was the Golden State Killer in California.

— CBS News, "DNA helps crack case of couple killed in 1987 in Washington state, police say," 21 May 2018
The wines, which come from pretty much all over France except Champagne, are made using the same technique as Champagne, in which still wine is refermented in the bottle, trapping carbon dioxide and producing bubbles.

— eric asimov, New York Times, "20 Wines Under $20: Plenty of Variety and Not One Chardonnay," 17 May 2018
These same techniques work to great effect in Cold War, a film about people with passionate souls whose time in history makes that impossible to indulge.

— alissa wilkinson, Vox, "Cold War, a decade-spanning Polish romance, will break your heart," 15 May 2018
Republicans have used the same technique to reverse several Obama-era regulations.

— ted barrett, CNN, "Democrats to force vote Wednesday on net neutrality," 14 May 2018

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