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# function

«function» in Mova's school dictionary: **The job or purpose of something or someone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a function, functions); verb (function, functions, functioned, functioning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The job or purpose of something or someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#m1)

2) (verb) To work or operate properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#m2)

3) A formal party or event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#m3)

4) (maths) A rule that turns each input number into exactly one output number, like a function machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science: the function of the heart is to pump blood. In maths: function machines ("input 3, rule ×2 + 1, output 7"). In English: the function of a word in a sentence. Phrases: function machine, function as, a school function.

### examples

- The function of the lungs is to take in air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#x1)
- The lift is not functioning today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#x2)
- Put 4 into the function machine "× 3": the output is 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#x3)
- The school held a function to raise money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#x4)
- This table also functions as a desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#x5)
- What is the function of a full stop? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#x6)
- The computer stopped functioning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#x7)
- The true fabulist, therefore, discharges a most important function. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/#x8)

### note

Countable. Adjective: functional. Maths: a function gives one output for each input; to work backwards use the inverse operations in reverse order.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «function» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/function/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.