All function synonyms
funcΒ·tion
F f noun function
- duty β something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- affair β If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair.
- task β a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- power β a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
- service β Robert W(illiam) 1874β1958, Canadian writer, born in England.
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- business β Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- action β Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- part β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- responsibility β the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- purpose β the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- behavior β People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
- activity β Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
- objective β something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- role β a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- operation β an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- situation β manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
- gathering β a drawing together; contraction.
- meeting β an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races: a track meet.
- reception β the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- province β an administrative division or unit of a country.
- use β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- target β an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- office β Microsoft Office
- goal β the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- object β anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- concern β Concern is worry about a situation.
- mission β a city in S Texas.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- faculty β an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- post β power-on self-test
- utility β the state or quality of being useful; usefulness: This chemical has no utility as an agricultural fertilizer.
- occupation β a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- party β a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- celebration β A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
verb function
- react β to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
- operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- serve β to act as a servant.
- behave β The way that you behave is the way that you do and say things, and the things that you do and say.
- run β execution
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- cook β When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- percolate β to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- act β When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- officiate β to perform the office of a member of the clergy, as at a divine service.
- officialize β to make official; place under official authority or control.