Technique Meaning
/tɛkˈniːk/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
nounPractical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
Sentence Examples
It is the correct approach to modern ski technique.
The violinist has excellent technique.
He practiced the new painting technique to improve his skills.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The chef learned a new cooking ____ from the famous cookbook for baking bread.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The artist used a very unique ____ to create the beautiful texture in her recent and most famous landscape painting today.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French technique (“technicality; branch of knowledge”), noun use of technique (“technical”), from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”). Doublet of technic.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Brahms, after realizing that the technique of the piano was developing along mistaken lines, and his own danger of stereotyping his style, keeps away from it for most of his middle age [...]."
— 1924, HE Wortham, A Musical Odyssey, page 97:
"Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that."
— 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
"Yet those who packed concert halls to listen to him sing, as Indians did for over six decades, rarely mentioned his technique."
— 2011 February 3, “Bhimsen Joshi”, in The Economist:
"They said executives were warned about one technique nicknamed "carpet karaoke", which involved bending deportees over in aircraft seats to silence them."
— 2011 March 16, Paul Lewis, Matthew Taylor, The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The chef learned a new cooking ____ from the famous cookbook for baking bread.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The artist used a very unique ____ to create the beautiful texture in her recent and most famous landscape painting today.