function

1. (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"
Synonyms: office, part, role
Related Words: capacity, duty, hat, lieu, place, position, second fiddle, stead

2. (verb) function properly; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"
Synonyms: go, operate, run, work
Related Words: cut, double, roll, run, serve, service
Antonyms: malfunction

3. (noun) what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
Synonyms: purpose, role, use
Related Words: raison d'etre, usefulness, utility

4. (noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony; "it was a black-tie function"
Related Words: social affair, social gathering

5. (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"
Related Words: relation

6. (noun) a mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set
Synonyms: mathematical function
Related Words: circular function, correspondence, exponential, exponential function, inverse function, map, mapping, mathematical relation, operator, threshold function, transformation, trigonometric function

7. (verb) act as an official in a specific function
Synonyms: officiate
Related Words: serve

8. (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"
Synonyms: serve
Related Words: act as, answer, do, prelude, suffice

9. (noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine
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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