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• 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 word — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms function word : singular function word plural function words linguistics a word used mainly for expressing relationships between other words in a sentence, for example a conjunction like but or a preposition… …   English dictionary

• function — n 1 Function, office, duty, province are comparable when they mean the act, acts, activities, or operations expected of a person or thing by virtue of his or its nature, structure, status, or position. Function is the most comprehensive of these… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• 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

• function word — n a word that does not mean anything on its own, but shows the relationship between other words in a sentence, for example words such as but or if …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• function word — function ,word noun count LINGUISTICS a word used mainly for expressing relationships between other words in a sentence, for example a conjunction like but or a preposition like with …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Function (mathematics) — f(x) redirects here. For the band, see f(x) (band). Graph of example function, In mathematics, a function associates one quantity, the a …   Wikipedia

• Function key — A function key is a key on a computer or terminal keyboard which can be programmed so as to cause an operating system command interpreter or application program to perform certain actions. On some keyboards/computers, function keys may have… …   Wikipedia

• Words and Music (play) — Samuel Beckett wrote the radio play, Words and Music between November and December 1961. [Both James Knowlson ( Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett , p 497) and Stan Gontarski ( The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett , p 650) quote these… …   Wikipedia

• Function field (scheme theory) — In algebraic geometry, the function field KX of a scheme X is a generalization of the notion of a sheaf of rational functions on a variety. In the case of varieties, such a sheaf associates to each open set U the ring of all rational functions on …   Wikipedia

• function, work, job, position — These words have associated meanings but should be applied carefully. Function means the kind of activity that is suitable and proper to a person or institution: The function of this committee is to approve the budget. Work has many meanings of… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions