function
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(noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group: "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part" or "play its role" or "do its duty" |
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Synonyms: office, part, role |
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Related Words: capacity, duty, hat, lieu, place, position, second fiddle, stead |
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(verb) function properly; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in" |
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Synonyms: go, operate, run, work |
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Related Words: cut, double, roll, run, serve, service |
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Antonyms: malfunction |
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(noun) what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" |
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Synonyms: purpose, role, use |
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Related Words: raison d'etre, usefulness, utility |
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(noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony; "it was a black-tie function" |
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Related Words: social affair, social gathering |
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(noun) a relation such that one thing is dependent on another; "height is a function of age"; "price is a function of supply and demand" |
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Related Words: relation |
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(noun) a mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set |
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Synonyms: mathematical function |
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Related Words: circular function, correspondence, exponential, exponential function, inverse function, map, mapping, mathematical relation, operator, threshold function, transformation, trigonometric function |
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(verb) act as an official in a specific function |
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Synonyms: officiate |
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Related Words: serve |
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(verb) serve a purpose, role, or function; "The tree stump serves as a table"; "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" |
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Synonyms: serve |
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Related Words: act as, answer, do, prelude, suffice |
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(noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program |
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Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine |
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Related Words: cataloged procedure, contingency procedure, executive routine, library routine, random number generator, recursive routine, reusable routine, service routine, software, software system, supervisory routine, tracing routine, utility routine |
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