function

function is a 8-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.
2. noun. The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body.
3. noun. The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind.
4. noun. The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.
5. noun. A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x.
6. intransitive verb. Alt. of Functionate
7. 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"

   Synonyms: office, part, role

8. 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

9. noun. a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

   Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine

10. noun. a vaguely specified social event

    "the party was quite an affair"

    "an occasion arranged to honor the president"

    Synonyms: affair, occasion

11. noun. a formal or official social gathering or ceremony

    "it was a black-tie function"

12. 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"

13. noun. (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

    Synonyms: map, mapping

14. verb. perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function

    "His wife officiated as his private secretary"

    Synonyms: officiate

15. verb. perform as expected when applied

    "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"

    "Does this old car still run well?"

    Synonyms: go, operate, run, work

16. verb. serve a purpose, role, or function

    "The tree stump serves as a table"

    "The female students served as a control group"

    Synonyms: serve

Synonyms

office, part, role, purpose, use, procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine, affair, occasion, map, mapping, officiate, go, operate, run, work, serve

Common word forms

functions, functional, functioned, functioning, functionize, functionless

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