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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
func•tion /ˈfʌŋkʃən/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. action or activity thought of as proper to a person, thing, or institution;
    role:[countable]The function of the kidneys is to purify the blood.
  2. a ceremonious public or social gathering or occasion:[countable]a charity function.
  3. a factor related to or dependent upon other factors:[countable]Price is a function of supply and demand.
  4. the way something works or operates:[uncountable]They were testing him for heart function.

v. [no object]
  1. to operate:The computer isn't functioning now.
  2. to have or exercise a function;
    serve:Let me function as your guide.
See -funct-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
func•tion  (fungk′shən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution;
    the purpose for which something is designed or exists;
    role.
  2. any ceremonious public or social gathering or occasion.
  3. a factor related to or dependent upon other factors:Price is a function of supply and demand.
  4. Mathematics
    • Also called correspondence, map, mapping, transformation. a relation between two sets in which one element of the second set is assigned to each element of the first set, as the expression y = x2;
      operator.
    • Also called multiple-value function. a relation between two sets in which two or more elements of the second set are assigned to each element of the first set, as y2 = x2, which assigns to every x the two values y = +x and y = -x.
    • a set of ordered pairs in which none of the first elements of the pairs appears twice.
  5. Mathematics[Geom.]
    • a formula expressing a relation between the angles of a triangle and its sides, as sine or cosine.
    • See hyperbolic function. 
  6. Grammar
    • the grammatical role a linguistic form has or the position it occupies in a particular construction.
    • the grammatical roles or the positions of a linguistic form or form class collectively.
  7. Sociologythe contribution made by a sociocultural phenomenon to an ongoing social system.

v.i. 
  1. to perform a specified action or activity;
    work;
    operate:The computer isn't functioning now. He rarely functions before noon.
  2. to have or exercise a function;
    serve:In earlier English the present tense often functioned as a future. This orange crate can function as a chair.
  • Latin functiōn- (stem of functiō) a performance, execution, equivalent. to funct(us) (past participle of fungī) performed, executed + -iōn- -ion
  • 1525–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
function / ˈfʌŋkʃən/
  1. the natural action or intended purpose of a person or thing in a specific role: the function of a hammer is to hit nails into wood
  2. an official or formal social gathering or ceremony
  3. a factor dependent upon another or other factors
  4. Also called: map, mapping a relation between two sets that associates a unique element (the value) of the second (the range) with each element (the argument) of the first (the domain): a many-one relation. Symbol: f(x) The value of f(x) for x = 2 is f(2)
 (intransitive)
  1. to operate or perform as specified; work properly
  2. (followed by as) to perform the action or role (of something or someone else): a coin may function as a screwdriver
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin functiō, from fungī to perform, discharge

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