function

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English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃən/, /ˈfʌŋkʃn̩/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌŋkʃən/, [ˈfʌŋkʃɪ̈n], [ˈfʌŋkʃn̩]
• Hyphenation: func‧tion
• Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən

Noun

function (plural functions)

2. What something does or is used for.

   Synonyms: aim, intention, purpose, role, use
4. A professional or official position.

   Synonyms: occupation, office, part, role

6. An official or social occasion.

   Synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function

   1. (slang) A party.
8. Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
10. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
12. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.

    Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, operator, transformation

    Hypernyms: relation, morphism

14. (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.

    Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine, func, funct

16. (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
18. (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
20. (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.

Hyponyms

• subfunction

• (chemistry): acidity function

• (psychology): executive ego function
• (signal processing): spectral density function/spectral function
• (systems theory): control function

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References

• function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

function (third-person singular simple present functions, present participle functioning, simple past and past participle functioned)

1. (intransitive) To have a function.

   Synonyms: officiate, serve

2. (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.

   Synonyms: go, operate, run, work

   Antonym: malfunction

Derived terms

Related terms

• functional
• dysfunction, dysfunctional

Translations

Middle French

Noun

function f (plural functions)

1. function (what something's intended use is)

Descendants

• → English: function
• French: fonction