Synonym: act, ceremony, exercise, gathering, operate, perform, rite, ritual, serve, service, work. Similar words: functional, and function, malfunction, sanction, distinction, action, section, auction. Meaning: ['fʌŋkʃn] 
n. 1. a mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set 2. what something is used for 3. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group 4. a relation such that one thing is dependent on another 5. a formal or official social gathering or ceremony 6. a vaguely specified social event 7. a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program. v. 1. perform as expected when applied 2. serve a purpose, role, or function 3. perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function.
n. 1. a mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set 2. what something is used for 3. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group 4. a relation such that one thing is dependent on another 5. a formal or official social gathering or ceremony 6. a vaguely specified social event 7. a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program. v. 1. perform as expected when applied 2. serve a purpose, role, or function 3. perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function. 
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181. All of them eventually died of cardiac failure without the return to normal bowel function.
182. And if workers function as a team and one person misses time, the entire team loses the bonus.
183. In the breeding tank there are none, so his function becomes obsolete.
184. Hence medicine under capitalism has a dual function, both liberating and controlling.
185. Operational experience of real systems design reinforces doubts about the allocation of function concept as a basis for a unitary systematic procedure.
186. Without the Facilities Department, the university would soon cease to function.
187. Function. Quality assurance must be an ongoing improvement activity applying multiple methods most suited to content. 5.
188. Like the beaver skins, it had never had a function in this domesticated place.
189. Many studies have aimed at typologies of code switching which classify switches according to their function in discourse.
190. The function of this sentiment is likewise to preserve the autonomy of science ....
191. Effective H 2 disposal during fermentation is essential for normal large bowel function.
192. In addition to channelling funds from depositors to borrowers, certain financial institutions have another important function.
193. They may be said to be exercising an administrative function.
194. Menopausal women sometimes complain that with the cessation of ovarian function their femaleness is being stripped from them.
195. This unquestionable carbohydrate malabsorption,[http://sentencedict.com/function.html] leads to a pronounced change in colonic function and metabolism by stimulating bacterial proliferation.
196. In universities or large school systems, responsibilities are divided among many administrators, each with a specific function.
197. Most people consider elimination to be a very private bodily function and therefore find it an embarrassing subject to discuss with hospital staff.
198. Prevention New parents may need some information in understanding the developmental progress of bowel function.
199. An answer to that question might give clues to the broader question of the function of sleep.
200. He was embarrassed about the nature of his illness and reluctant to discuss his bowel function with anyone, especially young women.
201. Although changes in liver function tests are very rare, three cases of severe acute hepatitis secondary to piroxicam have been reported.
202. Liver function tests and liver biopsy may also help in establishing the diagnosis.
203. While it survived, it served a useful function in obtaining agreement on some economic questions such as currency convertibility and capital transfers.
204. Is it a function of our body clock or our life-style, or due to some interaction between the two?
205. Each business unit, site and function will run its own local award scheme before the end of the year.
206. The genesis of abdominal pain or disordered bowel habit is generally ascribed to abnormal colonic motor function.
207. The URL mapping function provides some basic customization functions out-of-the-box.
208. It is hard to draw in two dimensions a picture a vector function in three-dimensional space.
209. The invention relates to an application of gastrodine for preparing the drug on atrophic arthritis(Sentencedict.com), wherein gastrodine can resist atrophic arthritis via ease pain and antiphlogistic function.
210. The whole process makes investigation aim at these topics as follows: analyze the Toll Call completion Rate (TCR), authentication function optimization, improvement of called subscriber"s bell time."
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