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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{IPA|/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/}}
* {{SAMPA|/"fVNkS@n/}}
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* {{hyph|func|tion}}

== Noun ==
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# {{cu noun}} Something or someone's '''function''' is its [[purpose]] or its [[job]].
#: ''The army sometimes performs a policing '''function'''.''
# {{countable}} A '''function''' is an organised [[event]].
#: ''I met Sylvia at a church '''function''' last week.''
# {{countable}} If <math>X</math> is a '''function''' of <math>Y</math>, then <math>X</math> exists because of or is affected by <math>Y</math>
#: ''The speed of the computer is a '''function''' of its main processor.''
#: ''When you see, <math>Y=f(X)</math>, you read it, "<math>Y</math> is a '''function''' of <math>X</math>". Here the value of <math>Y</math> depends on the value assigned to the variable <math>X</math>.''

== Verb ==
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# {{intransitive}} If something is '''functioning''', it is [[work]]ing and is not completely broken.
#: ''Her heart stopped, but her brain continued to '''function'''.''
# {{intransitive}} If something '''functions''' as <math>X</math>, it does the job of <math>X</math>.
#: ''In this sentence, ''"sentence"'' '''functions''' as the subject.''

=== Synonyms ===
* [[work]]
* [[run]]

=== Related words ===
* [[functional]]
* [[functionally]]
* [[functionality]]
* [[functionary]]

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