Function

Quick meaning: Function is a noun meaning What something does or is used for.

Meaning

What something does or is used for.

More Meanings

1. A professional or official position.
2. An official or social occasion.
3. Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
4. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
5. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
6. (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
7. (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.

Example Sentences

Our hotel is hosting a function for all the warehouse workers on the night of April 18.

Although the laying workers functioned in a queenlike manner, they were unable to suppress ovarian development as effectively as the queen.

Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.

Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.

Word Forms

• functions
• functioning
• functioned

Synonyms for function

Depending on context, synonyms include aim, intention, purpose, role, use, occupation.

Antonyms for function

Common opposites include malfunction, misfunction.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include operate, use, purpose, procedure, work, officiate.

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