Function

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Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template:Cu noun Something or someone's function is its purpose or its job.

   The army sometimes performs a policing function.

2. Template:Countable A function is an organised event.

   I met Sylvia at a church function last week.

3. Template:Countable If $X$ is a function of $Y$, then $X$ exists because of or is affected by $Y$

   The speed of the computer is a function of its main processor.

   When you see, $Y=f(X)$, you read it, "$Y$ is a function of $X$". Here the value of $Y$ depends on the value assigned to the variable $X$.

Verb

1. Template:Intransitive If something is functioning, it is working and is not completely broken.

   Her heart stopped, but her brain continued to function.

2. Template:Intransitive If something functions as $X$, it does the job of $X$.

   In this sentence, "sentence" functions as the subject.

Synonyms

• work
• run

Related words

• functional
• functionally
• functionality
• functionary