function

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From Middle French fonction < Old French function < Latin functio gen. functionis "performance, execution" < Latin functus pp. of fungor "perform, execute, discharge".

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Singular
function

Plural
functions

function (plural functions)

  1. What something does or is used for.
  2. A professional or official position.
  3. An official or social occasion.
  4. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
  5. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
  6. (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
  7. (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
  8. (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.

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Infinitive
to function

Third person singular
functions

Simple past
functioned

Past participle
functioned

Present participle
functioning

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

  1. (intransitive) to have a function
  2. (intransitive) to carry on a function; to be in action

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