technique

technique
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ effective, powerful, useful
▪ popular
▪ basic, simple
▪ conventional, established, proper, standard, traditional
▪ alternative, experimental, innovative, new
▪ advanced, modern, sophisticated
▪ ingenious
▪ building, construction, farming, manufacturing
▪ assessment, communication, dating, evaluation, exam, interrogation, interview, management, marketing, problem-solving, relaxation, research, sales, teaching, training
▪

She needs to work on her interview technique if she's going to get a job.

▪ analytical, diagnostic, mathematical, medical, photographic, scientific, statistical, surgical
▪ narrative
VERB + TECHNIQUE
▪ have
▪

He has an ingenious technique for dealing with problems of that sort.

▪ adopt, apply, deploy, employ, implement, try, use, utilize
▪

On the walls I applied the same technique as I had used for the ceiling.

▪ develop, devise, introduce, pioneer
▪

The technique was pioneered in California.

▪ acquire, learn, master, practise/practice
▪

The students were struggling to master the new technique.

▪ teach
▪ adapt, improve, perfect, refine, work on
▪ demonstrate, describe
TECHNIQUE + VERB
▪ allow sth, enable sth
▪

Modern freezing techniques enable the chickens to be stored for weeks.

▪ work
▪

The new technique works better than the one it has replaced.

▪ be based on sth, be derived from sth
▪

singing techniques derived from Tibetan music

PREPOSITION
▪ technique for
▪

techniques for the storage of data

▪ technique in
▪

They employ the latest techniques in farm management.


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