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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121. Perhaps we had best ask ourselves why our political institutions function as they do.
122. Their function was to discuss arrangements for forthcoming events, such as trips, holiday arrangements, structured activities, and so on.
123. Changes in social structure are thus likely to be accompanied by changes in the function of component institutions.
124. The selection of a particular planning frame commits the speaker to using certain function words and affixes and not others.
125. The business development function is one way to increase a company's ability to seize opportunities.
126. Although plants vary so greatly in their shape, function and general appearance, the cellulose molecule is the same in all.
127. Reduced lung function has been associated with low birth weight regardless of whether the child had respiratory complications at birth.
128. Platelet-adhesion studies Early studies of platelet function in diabetes used in vitro tests of platelet adhesion.
129. It is the function of the courts to administer the laws which Parliament has enacted.
130. The proper function of woman was to raise a brood much larger than women had wanted since before 1914.
131. Moreover, the assessment tests had ceased to function as barriers to the remedial curriculum on many campuses.
132. That kind of cerebral dominance was subsequently confused with that other specialty of left-brain function: running the right hand.
133. Ethel Mitchell and her ladies were having a function, a dinner-dance, the highlight of their social calendar.
134. This suggests a possible tumour suppressor function for this cell adhesion molecule.
135. Alternatively,[http://sentencedict.com/function.html] indirect effects involving the regulation of epithelial cell function by mesenchyme are also possible.
136. Such as a function you have to attend in your professional capacity?
137. To balance demand against available resources is a continuing function of health service management intra-contractually and extra-contractually.
138. Barker etal reported that low birth weight was associated with lower adult lung function but not with symptoms of wheeze.
139. The lower left-hand graph is the short-run aggregate production function and the lower right-hand graph illustrates the economy's labour market.
140. There is evidence, however, that the two operations do not differ in their effects on bowel function.
141. An arms trade committee, the function of which would be to issue export licences to enterprises, was in preparation.
142. They will have a great deal of expertise to offer within the administrative support function.
143. Part of the agitation for reform of local government concerned ways of improving this research function.
144. Over 50 attended the function, but what was so encouraging was the quality of the prospective members that attended.
145. The creative advertiser has the function of stimulating arousal in buyers.
146. Assists in maintaining proper bowel function and affords protection against diverticulosis, haemorrhoids and varicose veins.
147. After this solemn function, the body was placed above a side altar in a crystal urn.
148. Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better. George Santayana 
149. No hospital can function well without receptionists, cleaners, administrators, porters and all the other ancillary staff.
150. Therefore, comparisons of bowel function and transit time were made separately in the two age groups.
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