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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