Sentences with function
func·tion
F f - The main function of the merchant banks is to raise capital for industry. [+ of]
- The authorities say the prison is now functioning normally. [VERB]
- Michelle Leslie and her boyfriend Scott Sutton at a function last year.
- Add to this the fact that on some keyboards the function keys are given dual.
- On weekdays, one third of the room functions as workspace. [VERB + as]
- Investment is a function of the interest rate. [+ of]
- It is a formalisation of the management processes that ensure the IT function in an organisation support and are aligned to the business.
- Radiation emitted by mobile phones affects brain function, Australian research suggests.
- The function of a hammer is to hit nails into wood
- The length of the flight is a function of the weather
- Most buyers, though, are going the multi- function route.
- Maxine McKew addresses party faithful at official function in Bennelong.
- A coin may function as a screwdriver
- The procreative function
- Function is the broad, general term for the natural, required, or expected activity of a person or thing [the function of the liver, of education, etc.]; office, in this connection, refers to the function of a person, as determined by his position, profession, or employment [the office of a priest]; duty is applied to a task necessary in or appropriate to one's occupation, rank, status, etc. and carries a strong connotation of obligation [the duties of a vicar]; capacity refers to a specific function or status, not necessarily the usual or customary one [the judge spoke to him in the capacity of a friend]
- The function of an auditor, the function of the brakes
- Y = f(x) means y is a function of x
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- Price is a function of supply and demand.
- The computer isn't functioning now. He rarely functions before noon.
- In earlier English the present tense often functioned as a future. This orange crate can function as a chair.