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Function

noun

1.

(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function). Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function.

2.

What something is used for. Synonyms: purpose, role, use. "Ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"

3.

The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group. Synonyms: office, part, role. "The government must do its part" , "Play its role"

4.

A relation such that one thing is dependent on another. "Price is a function of supply and demand"

5.

A formal or official social gathering or ceremony.

6.

A vaguely specified social event. Synonyms: affair, occasion, social function, social occasion. "An occasion arranged to honor the president" , "A seemingly endless round of social functions"

7.

A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program. Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine.

verb

1.

Perform as expected when applied. Synonyms: go, operate, run, work. "Does this old car still run well?" , "This old radio doesn't work anymore" Antonym: malfunction.

2.

Serve a purpose, role, or function. Synonym: serve. "The female students served as a control group" , "This table would serve very well" , "His freedom served him well" , "The table functions as a desk"

3.

Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function. Synonym: officiate.

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"Function" Quotes from Famous Books

... sufficiently clear; we may legitimately doubt whether it is an adequate account of the function of the human intelligence, but we cannot be in any doubt as to what the view is; and more than that, once we have become acquainted with it, we are not ...

— Bergson and His Philosophy • J. Alexander Gunn

... man is all business, and does not show vanity if he has any. The "Only Nelson" was strong, weak, and vain. If no one else gratuitously sounded his praises, he would do so himself in the most comical way, not altogether in public, but to "Santa Emma," whose function it was ...

— Drake, Nelson and Napoleon • Walter Runciman

... shall duely read divine service, and exercise their ministerial function according to the Ecclesiastical lawes and orders of the churche of Englande, and every Sunday in the afternoon shall Catechize suche as are not yet ripe to come to the Com. And whosoever shalbe found negligent ...

— Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II - The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562--1733 • Various

... activity of mind produces chemical and physiological changes in the nerve-centres, in the organs, and eventually in the whole body; while every activity of body is sure to bring out the corresponding change in the mental function, and eventually in the whole personality. We have the inward experience of sorrow when we have simultaneously the outward appearance of tears and of pallor; when we have the outward appearance of the fiery eyes and short breath, we have simultaneously the inward feeling of anger. Thus ...

— The Religion of the Samurai • Kaiten Nukariya

... form water with the oxygen that they contain, and none are appropriate for the maintenance of any tissues (except the adipose) unless they contain nitrogen." Hence the obvious restriction of the first two classes to the heat-producing function, and of the last two (or azotized) to the reparation ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, Issue 15, January, 1859 • Various

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