function
What something does or is used for.
Noun
- What something does or is used for.
- 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. -...
- Glu Mobile, who realigned its workforce towards centralized GaaS functions last year, announced earlier this month that it will shut down GameSpy Technology on May 31. The service provides multiplayer functionality for...
- A professional or official position.
Synonyms: occupation office part role
- An official or social occasion.
- Our hotel is hosting a function for all the warehouse workers on the night of April 18.
Synonyms: affair occasion social occasion social function
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(slang) A party.
Synonyms: affair occasion social occasion social function func
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- 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. - 2008...
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
- 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
- A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
Synonyms: procedure routine subprogram subroutine func funct
- The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
Origin
Etymology tree Old French fonction Middle French functionbor. English function From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functiō (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”).
Forms
Hyponyms
subfunction luminosity function mass function phase function source function acidity function anonymous function Boolean function built-in function complexity function computable function concave function constructor function convex function error function first-class function Hartley function lacunary function predefined function Ramanujan theta function recursive function restricted function second-class function set function
Related
Derived
Ackermann function activation function adaptive-control function afunction analytical function generator anatomy of function antihyperbolic function antitrigonometric function arc-hyperbolic function arithmetic function bent function bifunction bifunctional binary function biofunction black-box function bodily function Borel function busy beaver function ceil function ceiling function choice function cofunction complex function
Verb
- To have a function.
- To carry out a function; to be in action.
- Although the laying workers functioned in a queenlike manner, they were unable to suppress ovarian development as effectively as the queen. - 1991, Kenneth G Ross, Robert W Matthews, The social biology of wasps:
Antonyms: malfunction