function
verb/ˈfʌŋkʃn/
/ˈfʌŋkʃn/
[intransitive] (rather formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they function | /ˈfʌŋkʃn/ /ˈfʌŋkʃn/ |
| he / she / it functions | /ˈfʌŋkʃnz/ /ˈfʌŋkʃnz/ |
| past simple functioned | /ˈfʌŋkʃnd/ /ˈfʌŋkʃnd/ |
| past participle functioned | /ˈfʌŋkʃnd/ /ˈfʌŋkʃnd/ |
| -ing form functioning | /ˈfʌŋkʃənɪŋ/ /ˈfʌŋkʃənɪŋ/ |
- to work in the correct way synonym operate
- We now have a functioning shower.
- + adv./prep. Despite the power cuts, the hospital continued to function normally.
- Many children can't function effectively in large classes.
- (humorous) I can't function properly without a coffee.
Extra Examples- All the instruments were functioning normally.
- Can we devise a system in which judges function independently of party politics?
- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- efficiently
- smoothly
- …
- be able to
- be unable to
- can
- …
- fully functioning
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French fonction, from Latin functio(n-), from fungi ‘perform’.
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