Function Functioning ˈfʌŋkʃn Continued Children Effectively Large Classes

• despite the power cuts, the hospital continued to function normally.
• we now have a functioning shower.
• many children can't function effectively in large classes.
• all the instruments were functioning normally.

function

1. to work in the correct way
• synonym operate
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• Despite the power cuts, the hospital continued to function normally.
• We now have a functioning shower.
• Many children can't function effectively in large classes.

Extra Examples

• All the instruments were functioning normally.
• Can we devise a system in which judges function independently of party politics?
• I can’t function properly without a coffee.
• My brain could barely function through the pain.
• Problems arise when the body’s immune system is not functioning adequately.
• The bombs continued to fall, but somehow the city still functioned.
• The group has now become a fully functioning political organization.
• The organization functions primarily through volunteer efforts.
• This model does not describe accurately the way a market economy actually functions.
• When nutrients are in short supply the body cannot function normally.
• a system in which judges function independently of politics
• Many children can’t function effectively in large classes.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they function
• he / she / it functions
• past simple functioned
• past participle functioned
• -ing form functioning

Word Origin

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