Pronunciation Noun
function (plural functions)
- What something does or is used for.
- Synonyms: aim, intention, purpose, role, use
- A professional or official position.
- Synonyms: occupation, office, part, role
An official or social occasion. - Synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, operator, transformation
- Hypernyms: relation
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine, func, funct
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
- French: fonction
- German: Funktion, Funktionalität
- Italian: funzione
- Portuguese: função
- Russian: фу́нкция
- Spanish: función
- German: Funktion, Feier, Festveranstaltung
- Italian: cerimonia, funzione, ricevimento
- Portuguese: função
- Russian: фу́нкция
- Spanish: función
- French: en fonction de
- German: Abhängigkeitsverhältnis
- Italian: funzione
- Portuguese: função
- Russian: фу́нкция
- French: fonction
- German: Funktion
- Italian: funzione
- Portuguese: função
- Russian: фу́нкция
- Spanish: función
- French: fonction
- German: Funktion
- Italian: funzione
- Portuguese: função
- Russian: фу́нкция
- Spanish: función
- French: fonction
- German: Funktion, Zweck
- Italian: funzione
- Portuguese: função
- Russian: фу́нкция
- Spanish: función
function (functions, present participle functioning; past and past participle functioned)
- (intransitive) To have a function.
- Synonyms: officiate, serve
- (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.
- Synonyms: go, operate, run, work
- Antonyms: malfunction
- German: fungieren
- Italian: funzionare, fungere
- Portuguese: funcionar
- Spanish: fungir
- French: fonctionner, marcher
- German: funktionieren, arbeiten, wirken, (slang) funzen
- Italian: funzionare
- Portuguese: funcionar
- Russian: функциони́ровать
- Spanish: funcionar, fungir, marchar
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