Function ˈfʌŋkʃn Bodily Noun Club Serves Meeting Place

• the club serves a useful function as a meeting place.
• to fulfil/perform a function
• what is your function in the department?
• bodily functions (= for example eating, sex, using the toilet)

function

1. a special activity or purpose of a person or thing
• The club serves a useful function as a meeting place.
• to fulfil/perform a function
• What is your function in the department?
• bodily functions (= for example eating, sex, using the toilet)
• The function of the heart is to pump blood through the body.
• This design aims for harmony of form and function.

Extra Examples

• Fortunately, his head injuries left his bodily functions unimpaired.
• The committee has a dual function, both advisory and regulatory.
• Within two weeks of quitting smoking, your lung function can improve as much as 30%
2. a social event or official ceremony
• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.
• The couple attended a charity function in aid of cancer research.

Extra Examples

• There are numerous functions in aid of charity.
• He and his wife were guests of honour at a function held by the society last weekend.
• The reception will be held in the hotel's function room.
3. a quantity whose value depends on the varying values of others. In the statement 2x=y, y is a function of x.
• Salary is a function of age and experience.
4. a part of a program, etc. that performs a basic operation

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: from French fonction, from Latin functio(n-), from fungi ‘perform’.