- [countable, uncountable] 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%
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- important
- useful
- valuable
- …
- have
- carry out
- fulfil/fulfill
- …
- [countable] 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- charity
- official
- social
- …
- hold
- attend
- go to
- …
- room
- [countable] function (of something) (mathematics) a quantity whose value depends on the varying values of others. In the statement 2x=y, y is a function of x.
- (figurative) Salary is a function of age and experience.
- [countable] (computing) a part of a program, etc. that performs a basic operationTopics Computersc2
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French fonction, from Latin functio(n-), from fungi ‘perform’.
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