function

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functiō (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃən/, /ˈfʌŋkʃn̩/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈfʌŋkʃən/, [ˈfʌŋkʃɪ̈n], [ˈfʌŋkʃn̩] Hyphenation: func‧tion Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən === Noun === function (plural functions) What something does or is used for. Synonyms: aim, intention, purpose, role, use A professional or official position. Synonyms: occupation, office, part, role An official or social occasion. Synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function (slang) A party. Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain. Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, operator, transformation Hypernyms: relation, morphism (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result. Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine, func, funct (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part. (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound. (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group. ==== Hyponyms ==== subfunction (chemistry): acidity function (psychology): executive ego function (signal processing): spectral density function/spectral function (systems theory): control function ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Verb === function (third-person singular simple present functions, present participle functioning, simple past and past participle functioned) (intransitive) To have a function. Synonyms: officiate, serve (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action. Synonyms: go, operate, run, work Antonym: malfunction ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== functional dysfunction, dysfunctional ==== Translations ==== == Middle French == === Noun === function f (plural functions) function (what something's intended use is) ==== Descendants ==== → English: function French: fonction