function
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anthropology
biology
chemistry
computing
engineering
human-sciences
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: 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”).
Inflected forms:
form: functions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: functions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: functioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: functioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: functioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: What something does or is used for.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
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gloss: A professional or official position.
pos: noun
gloss: An official or social occasion.
pos: noun
examples: Our hotel is hosting a function for all the warehouse workers on the night of April 18.
gloss: An official or social occasion.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
pos: noun
gloss: A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
pos: noun
gloss: A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
pos: noun
gloss: The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
pos: noun
gloss: The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
pos: noun
gloss: The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
pos: noun
gloss: To have a function.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To carry out a function; to be in action.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Although the laying workers functioned in a queenlike manner, they were unable to suppress ovarian development as effectively as the queen.
Related words: functor
fungible
functional
dysfunction
dysfunctional
Derived words: 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
consumption function
cryptofunction
cubic function
cumulative distribution function
derived function
Dickman function
difunctional
digamma function
diode function generator
Dirac delta function
Dirichlet eta function
disfunction
divisor function
dysfunction
eigenfunction expansion
electron wave function
elliptic function
empty function
endofunction
Euler's totient function
executive function
exponential generating function
feedback transfer function
floor function
forcing function
forward transfer function
functional
functionalism
functionality
functionate
function call
function code
function-evaluation routine
function failure safety
function generator
functionhood
function key
functionless
function multiplier
function object
functionoid
functionome
function overloading
function pointer
function space
function switch
function table
function unit
function value
function word
functoid
functome
Gabor function
gain of function
gain-of-function
gain-of-function research
Gaussian function
general-purpose function generator
generic function
Gompertz function
graphon
Hammett acidity function
Hann function
hash function
Heaviside unit function
Helmholtz function
Herbrand function
higher-order function
homogenous function
hybrid wave function
hyperfunction
hypofunction
implicit function theorem
inclusion function
indicator function
initial mass function
injective function
inverse function theorem
inverse hyperbolic function
inverse trigonometric function
iterated function system
Kelvin function
K-function
lambda function
Lambert W function
liver function test
logarithmic function
logarithmic trigonometric function
logistic function
loop transfer function
malfunction
malfunction routine
member function
metafunction
microfunction
mimic function
minimal brain dysfunction syndrome
misfunction
Mittag-Leffler function
moment-generating function
monofunctional compound
monotonic function
morphofunction
Morse function
multifunction
multifunction array radar
myofunction
neurofunction
nonfunction
onto function
overfunction
pairing function
parafunction
partial function application
payoff function
physically unclonable function
physical unclonable function
platelet function test
polygamma function
positive linear functional
Prandtl-Meyer function
probability density function
probability-generating function
probability mass function
programmed function key
pseudofunction
pulmonary function test
pure virtual function
quartic function
quintic function
radial distribution function
radicofunctional name
refunction
Riemann zeta function
Riemann zeta-function
Schrödinger wave function
Schur function
second-class function
separated-function synchrotron
sharpness function technique
sigmoid function
sign function
sink function
Skolem function
smooth function
spatial wave function
sponge function
statefunction
step-function generator
strictly decreasing function
strictly increasing function
subfunctional
superfunction
surjective function
tapped-potentiometer function generator
thermodynamic function of state
time-constructible function
tool-function controller
total function
trapdoor function
trigamma function
Turing computable function
Turing function
ultrafunction
underfunction
utility function
valuation function
variable diode function generator
virtual function
vital function
von Mangoldt function
Walsh function
wavefunction
Wightman function
window function
work function
Zarankiewicz function
low-functioning
Translations:
lang: Dutch
word: gelegenheid
lang: Finnish
word: tilaisuus
lang: Finnish
word: tapahtuma
lang: German
word: Funktion
lang: German
word: Feier
lang: German
word: Festveranstaltung
lang: Greek
word: τελετή
roman: teletí
lang: Greek
word: δεξίωση
roman: dexíosi
lang: Hebrew
word: אירוע \ אֵרוּעַ
roman: erúa
lang: Hindi
word: प्रसंग
roman: prasaṅg
lang: Hungarian
word: összejövetel
lang: Hungarian
word: rendezvény
lang: Hungarian
word: fogadás
lang: Italian
word: cerimonia
lang: Italian
word: funzione
lang: Italian
word: ricevimento
lang: Korean
word: 행사
roman: haengsa
lang: Manx
word: cruinnaght
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tilstelling
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tilstelning
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: tilstelling
lang: Portuguese
word: função
lang: Romansh
word: funcziun
lang: Russian
word: фу́нкция
roman: fúnkcija
lang: Spanish
word: función
lang: Swedish
word: bjudning
lang: Swedish
word: tillställning