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Etymology
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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
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Received Pronunciation
IPA
key
/ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃən/
/ˈfʌŋkʃn̩/
Northern England
IPA
key
/ˈfʊŋ(k)ʃən/
/ˈfʊŋkʃn̩/
US
IPA
key
/ˈfʌŋkʃən/
[ˈfʌŋkʃɪ̈n]
[ˈfʌŋkʃn̩]
Audio
US
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Hyphenation:
func‧tion
Rhymes:
-ʌŋkʃən
Noun
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function
plural
functions
What something does or is used for.
Synonyms:
aim
intention
purpose
role
use
2013
May-June,
Katrina G. Claw
, “
Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm
”, in
American Scientist
, volume
101
, number 3:
Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune
functions
, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
2014
May 1, Jenna Pitcher, “Glu Mobile acquires Diner Dash developer PlayFirst”, in
Polygon
[1]
, archived from
the original
on
27 September 2023
Glu Mobile, who realigned its workforce towards centralized GaaS
functions
last year, announced earlier this month that it will shut down GameSpy Technology on May 31. The service provides multiplayer functionality for dozens of games on consoles, computers and mobile devices.
professional
or
official
position.
Synonyms:
occupation
office
part
role
An
official
or
social
occasion
Synonyms:
affair
occasion
social occasion
social function
Our hotel is hosting a
function
for all the warehouse workers on the night of April 18.
slang
party
Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a
result
or
concomitant
2008
June 1, A. Dirk Moses, “Preface”, in
Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History
, Berghahn Books,
→ISBN
, page x:
Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a
function
of European colonialism and imperialism alone.
A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
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
computing
routine
that receives zero or more
arguments
and may return a result.
Synonyms:
procedure
routine
subprogram
subroutine
func
funct
biology
The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
chemistry
The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
anthropology
The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
Hyponyms
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subfunction
astronomy: Hyponyms of
function
luminosity function
mass function
phase function
source function
chemistry
acidity function
computing: Hyponyms of
function
anonymous function
Boolean function
built-in function
complexity function
computable function
concave function
constructor function
convex function
error function
first-class function
Hartley function
lacunary function
predefined function
Ramanujan theta function
recursive function
restricted function
second-class function
set function
switch function
third-class function
transition function
user-defined function
logic: Hyponyms of
function
AND function
Boolean function
Minkowski's question mark function
NOR function
NOT function
OR function
piecewise function
propositional function
switching function
truth function
management: Hyponyms of
function
line function
staff function
mathematics: Hyponyms of
function
additive function
aggregate function
algebraic function
alternating function
analytic function
anonymous function
Baire function
bei function
ber function
Bessel function
beta function
Bloch function
bounded function
boxcar function
Brillouin function
Cantor function
characteristic function
Chebyshev function
circular function
comparable function
complementary function
composite function
connect function
constant function
constraint function
contiguous function
continuous function
correlation function
cost function
critical function
cylinder function
decreasing function
delta function
density function
describing function
differentiable function
discriminant function
dissipation function
distance function
distribution function
driving-point function
eigenfunction
elementary function
Emden function
entire function
Euler's phi function
even function
explicit function
exponential function
first-class function
form function
Fowler function
frontogenetic function
gamma function
generating function
Green's function
Hamiltonian function
Hankel function
harmonic function
hei function
her function
Hildebrand function
homogeneous function
Hugoniot function
hyperbolic function
hypergeometric function
identity function
implicit function
impulse function
incidence function
increasing function
independent function
influence function
inner function
integrable function
integral function
invariant function
inverse function
inverting function
J function
jump function
kei function
ker function
Koebe function
Lagrangian function
Lamé function
Legendre function
Leverett function
linear function
Liouville function
loss function
Lyapunov function
mass function
Massieu function
Mathieu function
measurable function
membership function
meromorphic function
microspec function
Möbius function
monotone function
multilinear function
natural function
Neumann function
normalized function
normalized support function
number-theoretic function
objective function
odd function
one-way function
orthogonal function
orthonormal function
partial function
partition function
Patterson function
penalty function
periodic function
Planck function
point function
polynomial function
power function
principal function
psi function
quadratic function
Rademacher function
random function
rational function
real function
recursive function
regular function
Riemann function
Riemann P function
sample function
scalar function
self-organizing function
sensitivity function
shear-viscosity function
sigma function
signum function
simple function
single-valued function
sinusoidal function
Smarandache function
special function
step function
stream function
stress function
summable function
support function
symmetric function
test function
theta function
torsion function
transcendental function
transfer function
transmission function
trigonometric cofunction
trigonometric function
truth function
unit function
universal wavelength function
variadic function
vector function
Wannier function
Weierstrass function
weight function
zeta function
physics: Hyponyms of
function
Airy function
excitation function
information function of a partition
Langevin function
luminosity function
nuclear response function
partition function
psi function
scattering function
spectral function
wave function
work function
psychology
executive ego function
signal processing
spectral density function
spectral function
systems theory
control function
Derived terms
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terms derived from
function
(some belong in Hyponyms section above)
Ackermann function
activation function
adaptive-control function
afunction
analytical function generator
anatomy of function
antihyperbolic function
antitrigonometric function
arc-hyperbolic function
arithmetic function
bent function
bifunction
bifunctional
binary function
biofunction
black-box function
bodily function
Borel function
busy beaver function
ceil function
ceiling function
choice function
cofunction
complex function
consumption function
cryptofunction
cubic function
cumulative distribution function
derived function
Dickman function
difunctional
digamma function
diode function generator
Dirac delta function
Dirichlet eta function
disfunction
divisor function
dysfunction
eigenfunction expansion
electron wave function
elliptic function
empty function
endofunction
Euler's totient function
executive function
exponential generating function
feedback transfer function
floor function
forcing function
forward transfer function
functional
functionalism
functionality
functionate
function call
function code
function-evaluation routine
function failure safety
function generator
functionhood
function key
functionless
function multiplier
function object
functionoid
functionome
function overloading
function pointer
function space
function switch
function table
function unit
function value
function word
functoid
functome
Gabor function
gain of function
gain-of-function
gain-of-function research
Gaussian function
general-purpose function generator
generic function
Gompertz function
graphon
Hammett acidity function
Hann function
hash function
Heaviside unit function
Helmholtz function
Herbrand function
higher-order function
homogenous function
hybrid wave function
hyperfunction
hypofunction
implicit function theorem
inclusion function
indicator function
initial mass function
injective function
inverse function theorem
inverse hyperbolic function
inverse trigonometric function
iterated function system
Kelvin function
K-function
lambda function
Lambert W function
liver function test
logarithmic function
logarithmic trigonometric function
logistic function
loop transfer function
malfunction
malfunction routine
member function
metafunction
microfunction
mimic function
minimal brain dysfunction syndrome
misfunction
Mittag-Leffler function
moment-generating function
monofunctional compound
monotonic function
morphofunction
Morse function
multifunction
multifunction array radar
myofunction
neurofunction
nonfunction
onto function
overfunction
pairing function
parafunction
partial function application
payoff function
physically unclonable function
physical unclonable function
platelet function test
polygamma function
positive linear functional
Prandtl-Meyer function
probability density function
probability-generating function
probability mass function
programmed function key
pseudofunction
pulmonary function test
pure virtual function
quartic function
quintic function
radial distribution function
radicofunctional name
refunction
Riemann zeta function
Riemann zeta-function
Schrödinger wave function
Schur function
second-class function
separated-function synchrotron
sharpness function technique
sigmoid function
sign function
sink function
Skolem function
smooth function
spatial wave function
sponge function
statefunction
step-function generator
strictly decreasing function
strictly increasing function
subfunctional
superfunction
surjective function
tapped-potentiometer function generator
thermodynamic function of state
time-constructible function
tool-function controller
total function
trapdoor function
trigamma function
Turing computable function
Turing function
ultrafunction
underfunction
utility function
valuation function
variable diode function generator
virtual function
vital function
von Mangoldt function
Walsh function
wavefunction
Wightman function
window function
work function
Zarankiewicz function
Related terms
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terms related to
function
functor
fungible
Translations
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what something does or is used for
Afrikaans:
funksie
(af)
Albanian:
përdorim
(sq)
Arabic:
وَظِيفَة
(ar)
waẓīfa
Armenian:
ֆունկցիա
(hy)
funkcʻia
գործառույթ
(hy)
gorcaṙuytʻ
Azerbaijani:
funksiya
(az)
Belarusian:
фу́нкцыя
fúnkcyja
Bulgarian:
фу́нкция
(bg)
fúnkcija
роля
(bg)
rolja
предназначение
(bg)
prednaznačenie
Catalan:
funció
(ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
功能
(zh)
gōngnéng
機能
机能
(zh)
jīnéng
Czech:
funkce
(cs)
účel
(cs)
Danish:
funktion
Dutch:
functie
(nl)
Esperanto:
funkcio
Estonian:
funktsioon
otstarve
Finnish:
tehtävä
(fi)
tarkoitus
(fi)
toiminto
(fi)
French:
fonction
(fr)
Galician:
función
(gl)
Georgian:
ფუნქცია
(ka)
punkcia
German:
Funktion
(de)
Funktionalität
(de)
Greek:
λειτουργία
(el)
leitourgía
Hebrew:
תַּפְקִיד
(he)
tafkíd
Hindi:
काम
(hi)
kām
काज
(hi)
kāj
उपयोग
(hi)
upyog
Hungarian:
funkció
(hu)
rendeltetés
(hu)
szerep
(hu)
cél
(hu)
Indonesian:
fungsi
(id)
Irish:
feidhm
feidhmeannas
Italian:
funzione
(it)
Japanese:
機能
(ja)
きのう, kinō
Kazakh:
функция
funksiä
Khmer:
មុខងារ
muk ngiə
Korean:
기능(機能)
(ko)
gineung
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish:
کار
(ckb)
kar
کاروبار
karubar
Kyrgyz:
функция
(ky)
funktsiya
Latin:
pars
(la)
Latvian:
funkcija
Lithuanian:
funkcija
(lt)
Macedonian:
функција
funkcija
Malay:
fungsi
(ms)
Māori:
taumahi
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
funksjon
(no)
Persian:
Iranian Persian:
تابِع
tâbe'
Polish:
funkcja
(pl)
Portuguese:
função
(pt)
Punjabi:
ਕਾਜ
kāj
Romanian:
funcție
(ro)
Romansh:
funcziun
Russian:
фу́нкция
(ru)
fúnkcija
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:
фу̀нкција
свр̀ха
Latin:
fùnkcija
(sh)
svrha
(sh)
Slovak:
funkcia
Slovene:
funkcija
Spanish:
función
(es)
Swedish:
funktion
(sv)
uppgift
(sv)
Tagalog:
taan
laan
Tajik:
функсия
(tg)
funksiya
Turkish:
fonksiyon
(tr)
işlev
(tr)
Turkmen:
funksiýa
Ukrainian:
фу́нкція
fúnkcija
Urdu:
کام
kām
کاج
kāj
اُپْیوگ
upyog
Uzbek:
funksiya
(uz)
Vietnamese:
chức năng
(vi)
vai trò
(vi)
Welsh:
gweithrediad
professional or official position
Albanian:
detyra
Arabic:
مَهَمَّة
mahamma
Belarusian:
фу́нкцыя
fúnkcyja
паса́да
pasáda
Bulgarian:
слу́жба
(bg)
slúžba
длъ́жност
(bg)
dlǎ́žnost
Catalan:
funció
(ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
職務
职务
(zh)
zhíwù
職位
职位
(zh)
zhíwèi
Czech:
funkce
(cs)
Danish:
funktion
Dutch:
functie
(nl)
Finnish:
tehtävä
(fi)
toimi
(fi)
French:
fonction
(fr)
German:
Funktion
(de)
Aufgabe
(de)
Greek:
λειτούργημα
(el)
leitoúrgima
αποστολή
(el)
apostolí
καθήκον
(el)
kathíkon
Hebrew:
תַּפְקִיד
(he)
tafkíd
Hindi:
पद
(hi)
pad
पदवी
(hi)
padvī
Hungarian:
funkció
(hu)
feladat
(hu)
Irish:
feidhm
Japanese:
職務
(ja)
しょくむ, shokumu
職位
(ja)
しょくい, shokui
Khmer:
មុខងារ
muk ngiə
Korean:
직무(職務)
(ko)
jingmu
직분(職分)
jikbun
지위(地位)
(ko)
jiwi
직위(職位)
(ko)
jigwi
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
post
(no)
stilling
(no)
Polish:
funkcja
(pl)
stanowisko
(pl)
posada
(pl)
Portuguese:
função
(pt)
Romanian:
funcție
(ro)
Romansh:
funcziun
Russian:
фу́нкция
(ru)
fúnkcija
до́лжность
(ru)
dólžnostʹ
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:
фу̀нкција
слу̀жба
Latin:
fùnkcija
(sh)
služba
(sh)
Spanish:
cargo
(es)
Swedish:
förrättning
(sv)
kall
(sv)
syssla
(sv)
åliggande
(sv)
Ukrainian:
фу́нкція
fúnkcija
поса́да
posáda
official or social occasion
Bulgarian:
(please
verify
тържество
(bg)
tǎržestvo
Dutch:
gelegenheid
(nl)
Finnish:
tilaisuus
(fi)
tapahtuma
(fi)
German:
Funktion
(de)
Feier
(de)
Festveranstaltung
Greek:
τελετή
(el)
teletí
δεξίωση
(el)
dexíosi
Hebrew:
אירוע \ אֵרוּעַ
(he)
erúa
Hindi:
प्रसंग
(hi)
prasaṅg
Hungarian:
összejövetel
(hu)
rendezvény
(hu)
fogadás
(hu)
Italian:
cerimonia
(it)
funzione
(it)
ricevimento
(it)
Korean:
행사(行事)
(ko)
haengsa
Manx:
cruinnaght
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
tilstelling
or
tilstelning
or
Nynorsk:
tilstelling
Portuguese:
função
(pt)
Romansh:
funcziun
Russian:
фу́нкция
(ru)
fúnkcija
Spanish:
función
(es)
Swedish:
bjudning
(sv)
tillställning
(sv)
relation where one thing is dependent on another
Bulgarian:
фу́нкция
(bg)
fúnkcija
Czech:
funkce
(cs)
Danish:
funktion
Dutch:
functie
(nl)
Finnish:
funktio
(fi)
riippuvuus
(fi)
riippuvuussuhde
French:
en fonction de
(fr)
German:
Abhängigkeitsverhältnis
Hebrew:
פוּנְקְצִיָּה
(he)
funktsiá
Hungarian:
függvény
(hu)
Italian:
funzione
(it)
Korean:
상관
관계
(相關關係)
sanggwan'gwan'gye
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
funksjon
(no)
Polish:
zależność
(pl)
Portuguese:
função
(pt)
Romansh:
funcziun
Russian:
фу́нкция
(ru)
fúnkcija
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:
фу̀нкција
Latin:
fùnkcija
(sh)
Swedish:
funktion
(sv)
Tajik:
тобеъ
(tg)
tobe'
mathematics: a relation between a set of inputs and a set of permissible outputs
Albanian:
bashkëpunimi
Arabic:
دَالَّة
dālla
تَابِع
tābiʕ
Aragonese:
función
Armenian:
ֆունկցիա
(hy)
funkcʻia
Asturian:
función
Azerbaijani:
funksiya
(az)
Belarusian:
фу́нкцыя
fúnkcyja
Bulgarian:
фу́нкция
(bg)
fúnkcija
Burmese:
ဖန်ရှင်
hpanhrang
Catalan:
funció
(ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
函數
函数
(zh)
hánshù
Czech:
funkce
(cs)
Danish:
funktion
Dutch:
functie
(nl)
functie
(nl)
Esperanto:
funkcio
Estonian:
funktsioon
Finnish:
funktio
(fi)
kuvaus
(fi)
French:
fonction
(fr)
Middle French:
fonction
Old French:
function
Galician:
función
(gl)
German:
Funktion
(de)
Abbildung
(de)
Greek:
συνάρτηση
(el)
synártisi
Hebrew:
פוּנְקְצִיָּה
(he)
funktsiá
Hindi:
फलन
(hi)
phalan
Hungarian:
függvény
(hu)
Icelandic:
fall
(is)
Ido:
funciono
(io)
Indonesian:
fungsi
(id)
Irish:
feidhm
Italian:
funzione
(it)
Japanese:
関数
(ja)
かんすう, kansū
函数
(ja)
かんすう, kansū
Kazakh:
функция
funksiä
Khmer:
អនុគមន៍
(km)
ʼaʼnukum
Korean:
함수(函數)
(ko)
hamsu
Kyrgyz:
функция
(ky)
funktsiya
Lao:
ຕຳລາ
tam lā
Latin:
fūnctiō
Macedonian:
функција
funkcija
Malay:
fungsi
(ms)
Malayalam:
ഫലനം
(ml)
phalanaṁ
ഏകദം
ēkadaṁ
Māori:
pānga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:
функц
(mn)
funkc
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
funksjon
(no)
Persian:
Iranian Persian:
تابِع
tâbe'
Polish:
funkcja
(pl)
Portuguese:
função
(pt)
Romanian:
funcție
(ro)
Romansh:
funcziun
Russian:
фу́нкция
(ru)
fúnkcija
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:
фу̀нкција
Latin:
fùnkcija
(sh)
Slovak:
funkcia
Slovene:
funkcija
Spanish:
función
(es)
Swedish:
funktion
(sv)
Tagalog:
kabisa
Tajik:
функсия
(tg)
funksiya
тобеъ
(tg)
tobe'
Thai:
ฟังก์ชัน
(th)
fang-chân
Turkish:
fonksiyon
(tr)
Turkmen:
funksiýa
Ukrainian:
фу́нкція
fúnkcija
Urdu:
تَفاعُل
tafā'ul
Uzbek:
funksiya
(uz)
Yiddish:
פֿונקציע
funktsye
computing: routine that returns a result
Arabic:
وَظِيفَة
(ar)
waẓīfa
دَالَّة
dālla
Armenian:
ֆունկցիա
(hy)
funkcʻia
Azerbaijani:
funksiya
(az)
Belarusian:
фу́нкцыя
fúnkcyja
Bulgarian:
фу́нкция
(bg)
fúnkcija
Burmese:
ဖန်ရှင်
hpanhrang
Catalan:
funció
(ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
函數
函数
(zh)
hánshù
函式
hánshì
Czech:
funkce
(cs)
Danish:
funktion
Dutch:
functie
(nl)
Esperanto:
funkcio
Estonian:
funktsioon
Finnish:
funktio
(fi)
aliohjelma
(fi)
French:
fonction
(fr)
Georgian:
ფუნქცია
(ka)
punkcia
German:
Funktion
(de)
Greek:
συνάρτηση
(el)
synártisi
Hebrew:
פוּנְקְצִיָּה
(he)
funktsiá
Hindi:
फलन
(hi)
phalan
Hungarian:
függvény
(hu)
Icelandic:
fall
(is)
Irish:
feidhm
Italian:
funzione
(it)
Japanese:
関数
(ja)
かんすう, kansū
Kazakh:
функция
funksiä
Korean:
함수(函數)
(ko)
hamsu
Kyrgyz:
функция
(ky)
funktsiya
Lao:
ຕຳລາ
tam lā
Latvian:
funkcija
Lithuanian:
funkcija
(lt)
Macedonian:
функција
funkcija
Māori:
taumahi
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:
функц
(mn)
funkc
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
funksjon
(no)
Persian:
Iranian Persian:
تابِع
tâbe'
Polish:
funkcja
(pl)
Portuguese:
função
(pt)
Romanian:
funcție
(ro)
Romansh:
funcziun
Russian:
фу́нкция
(ru)
fúnkcija
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:
фу̀нкција
Latin:
fùnkcija
(sh)
Slovak:
funkcia
Slovene:
funkcija
Spanish:
función
(es)
Swedish:
funktion
(sv)
subrutin
Tajik:
функсия
(tg)
funksiya
Thai:
ฟังก์ชัน
(th)
fang-chân
Turkish:
işlev
(tr)
fonksiyon
(tr)
Turkmen:
funksiýa
Ukrainian:
фу́нкція
fúnkcija
Urdu:
وَظِیفَہ
(ur)
vazīfa
Uzbek:
funksiya
(uz)
Vietnamese:
hàm
(vi)
hàm số
(vi)
biology: physiological activity of an organ or body part
Belarusian:
фу́нкцыя
fúnkcyja
Bulgarian:
фу́нкция
(bg)
fúnkcija
де́йност
(bg)
déjnost
Catalan:
funció
(ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
功能
(zh)
gōngnéng
Czech:
funkce
(cs)
Dutch:
functie
(nl)
Finnish:
toiminta
(fi)
French:
fonction
(fr)
German:
Funktion
(de)
Zweck
(de)
Greek:
λειτουργία
(el)
leitourgía
Hindi:
कार्य
(hi)
kārya
Hungarian:
működés
(hu)
funkció
(hu)
Indonesian:
fungsi
(id)
faal
(id)
Irish:
feidhm
Italian:
funzione
(it)
Japanese:
機能
(ja)
きのう, kinō
Korean:
기능(機能)
(ko)
gineung
Latvian:
funkcija
Lithuanian:
funkcija
(lt)
Macedonian:
функција
funkcija
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
funksjon
(no)
Portuguese:
função
(pt)
Romansh:
funcziun
Russian:
фу́нкция
(ru)
fúnkcija
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:
фу̀нкција
Latin:
fùnkcija
(sh)
Slovak:
funkcia
Slovene:
funkcija
Spanish:
función
(es)
Swedish:
funktion
(sv)
Tagalog:
taan
Turkish:
fonksiyon
(tr)
işlev
(tr)
Ukrainian:
фу́нкція
fúnkcija
chemistry: characteristic behavior of a chemical compound
Belarusian:
фу́нкцыя
fúnkcyja
Bulgarian:
фу́нкция
(bg)
fúnkcija
Catalan:
funció
(ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
官能
(zh)
guānnéng
Dutch:
functie
(nl)
Finnish:
käyttäytyminen
(fi)
German:
Funktion
(de)
Italian:
funzione
(it)
Japanese:
機能
(ja)
きのう, kinō
Korean:
기능(機能)
(ko)
gineung
Macedonian:
функција
funkcija
Romansh:
funcziun
Russian:
фу́нкция
(ru)
fúnkcija
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:
фу̀нкција
Latin:
fùnkcija
(sh)
Slovak:
funkcia
Slovene:
funkcija
Swedish:
funktion
(sv)
Ukrainian:
фу́нкція
fúnkcija
References
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function
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Wikipedia
Verb
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function
third-person singular simple present
functions
present participle
functioning
simple past and past participle
functioned
intransitive
To have a function.
Synonyms:
officiate
serve
intransitive
To
carry out
a function; to be in
action
Synonyms:
go
operate
run
work
Antonym:
malfunction
1991
, Kenneth G Ross, Robert W Matthews,
The social biology of wasps
Although the laying workers
functioned
in a queenlike manner, they were unable to suppress ovarian development as effectively as the queen.
Derived terms
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low-functioning
Related terms
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functional
dysfunction
dysfunctional
Translations
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to have a function
see also
serve
Bulgarian:
функционирам
(bg)
funkcioniram
служа
(bg)
služa
Czech:
fungovat
(cs)
impf
Danish:
fungere
Dutch:
fungeren
(nl)
dienen
(nl)
Finnish:
toimia
(fi)
Galician:
funcionar
(gl)
Georgian:
ფუნქციონირებს
punkcionirebs
German:
fungieren
(de)
Greek:
λειτουργώ ως
leitourgó os
Hebrew:
תפקד
tifkéd
Hungarian:
-ra
-re
való
-ra
-re
szolgál
Irish:
feidhmigh
Italian:
funzionare
(it)
fungere
Japanese:
作用する
(ja)
さようする, sayō suru
動く
(ja)
うごく, ugoku
Portuguese:
funcionar
(pt)
Russian:
функциони́ровать
(ru)
impf
funkcionírovatʹ
Spanish:
fungir
(es)
Swedish:
fungera
(sv)
tjänstgöra
(sv)
verka
(sv)
to carry on a function
see also
run
Armenian:
գործել
(hy)
gorcel
աշխատել
(hy)
ašxatel
բանել
(hy)
banel
Belarusian:
функцыянава́ць
impf
funkcyjanavácʹ
функцыяні́раваць
impf
funkcyjaníravacʹ
Bulgarian:
функциони́рам
(bg)
impf
or
pf
funkcioníram
Catalan:
funcionar
(ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
工作
(zh)
gōngzuò
運行
运行
(zh)
yùnxíng
運轉
运转
(zh)
yùnzhuǎn
Czech:
fungovat
(cs)
impf
Danish:
fungere
virke
Dutch:
functioneren
(nl)
Esperanto:
funkcii
Finnish:
käydä
(fi)
olla
käynnissä
toimia
(fi)
French:
fonctionner
(fr)
marcher
(fr)
Galician:
funcionar
(gl)
Georgian:
მოქმედებს
mokmedebs
მუშაობს
(ka)
mušaobs
ფუნქციონირებს
punkcionirebs
German:
funktionieren
(de)
arbeiten
(de)
wirken
(de)
slang
funzen
(de)
Greek:
λειτουργώ
(el)
leitourgó
εργάζομαι
(el)
ergázomai
Hebrew:
תפקד
tifkéd
פעל
(he)
pa'ál
Hungarian:
működik
(hu)
Irish:
feidhmigh
Italian:
funzionare
(it)
Japanese:
作動する
(ja)
さどうする, sadō suru
機能する
(ja)
きのうする, kinō suru
作用する
(ja)
さようする, sayō suru
動く
(ja)
うごく, ugoku
Korean:
작동하다
(ko)
jakdonghada
작용하다
(ko)
jagyonghada
Macedonian:
функциони́ра
impf
or
pf
funkcioníra
Malay:
berfungsi
Nepali:
चल्नु
(ne)
calnu
Norman:
marchi
Polish:
działać
(pl)
impf
funkcjonować
(pl)
impf
Portuguese:
funcionar
(pt)
Quechua:
llamk'ay
Romanian:
funcționa
(ro)
Russian:
функциони́ровать
(ru)
impf
funkcionírovatʹ
рабо́тать
(ru)
impf
rabótatʹ
идти́
(ru)
impf
idtí
clock, watch
Slovak:
fungovať
impf
Slovene:
delovati
impf
Spanish:
funcionar
(es)
fungir
(es)
funcar
(es)
Swedish:
fungera
(sv)
tjänstgöra
(sv)
Ukrainian:
функціонува́ти
impf
funkcionuváty
Vietnamese:
please add this translation if you can
Middle French
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Noun
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function
plural
functions
function
what something's intended use is
Descendants
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English:
function
French:
fonction
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