function

  • 31function — 1. noun 1) the main function of the machine Syn: purpose, task, use, role 2) my function was to train the recruits Syn: responsibility, duty, role, province, activity, assignment …

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  • 32function*/*/*/ — [ˈfʌŋkʃ(ə)n] noun I 1) [C/U] a job that something is designed to do, or the duties or responsibilities that someone has in their job The function of advertising is to create a unique image for your company.[/ex] 2) [C] a social event such as a… …

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  • 33function — 1. The special action or physiologic property of an organ or other part of the body. 2. To perform its special work or office, said of an organ or other part of the body. 3. The general properties of any substance, depending on its chemical …

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  • 34function — func•tion [[t]ˈfʌŋk ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role 2) any ceremonious public or social gathering or occasion 3) a factor related …

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  • 35function — /ˈfʌŋkʃən / (say fungkshuhn), /ˈfʌŋʃən / (say fungshuhn) noun 1. the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution. 2. any ceremonious public or social gathering or occasion. 3. Mathematics a mathematical quantity whose… …

  • 36function — n 1. use, purpose, role, operation; charge, duty, task, chore, assignment, mission; job, occupation, business, profession, work, employment; vocation, calling, line, forte, metier, Sl. thing, Sl. bag. 2. affair, concern, interest, matter, Inf.… …

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  • 37function — n. & v. n. 1 a an activity proper to a person or institution. b a mode of action or activity by which a thing fulfils its purpose. c an official or professional duty; an employment, profession, or calling. 2 a a public ceremony or occasion. b a… …

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  • 38function — Fluent Flu ent, n. 1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; called, in the modern calculus, the {function} or {integral}. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 39function — See function, work, job, position …

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  • 40function — Synonyms and related words: IC analysis, act, act as, acting, action, activism, activities, activity, affair, affairs, aim, ambition, animus, appositive, aspiration, assignment, attribute, attributive, baccalaureate service, bag, banquet, be… …

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