function (noun)

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• function — ► NOUN 1) an activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing. 2) a large or formal social event or ceremony. 3) a computer operation corresponding to a single instruction from the user. 4) Mathematics a relation or expression… …   English terms dictionary

• Noun phrase — Those five beautiful shiny Jonathan apples sitting on the chair. This is a noun phrase of which apples is the head. They could be substituted for the whole noun phrase, as in they are delicious . In grammar, a noun phrase, nominal phrase, or… …   Wikipedia

• function — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 purpose/special duty of sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ important, useful, valuable ▪ critical, crucial, essential, key, vital …   Collocations dictionary

• Function word — Function words (or grammatical words) are words that have little lexical meaning or have ambiguous meaning, but instead serve to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker …   Wikipedia

• function — 1. The noun has a number of technical meanings in mathematics and information technology, and has acquired general meanings that caused Fowler (1926) to categorize it as a popularized technicality. As a noun, it is often used somewhat… …   Modern English usage

• noun phrase — noun a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb • Syn: ↑nominal phrase, ↑nominal • Hypernyms: ↑phrase * * * noun Usage: sometimes capitalized N&P : a syntactic element (as a word, phrase, or clause) that can be u …   Useful english dictionary

• function key — noun : any of a set of keys on a computer keyboard that have or can be programmed to have special functions * * * noun, pl ⋯ keys [count] : any one of a set of keys on a computer keyboard that have special uses * * * ˈfunction key f39 [function… …   Useful english dictionary

• function — I noun appropriate activity, assignment, business, chore, design, duty, employment, exploitation, mission, munus, occupation, office, officium, performance, purpose, pursuit, responsibility, role, task, usage, use, utility, work associated… …   Law dictionary

• function room — UK US noun [countable] [singular function room plural function rooms] british a room in a hotel, pub , sports centre etc that is used for parties, meetings etc Thesaur …   Useful english dictionary

• function key — UK US noun [C] IT ► one of the keys on a computer with F1, F2, etc. printed on them, which make a particular process happen when you press them: »You can just press the function key F5 to refresh the page …   Financial and business terms

• function key — function ,key noun count COMPUTING a special button on a computer keyboard that is used for a particular operation in a program. The keys near the top of a keyboard marked F1 to F12 are function keys …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English