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functional Definition

func·tional (fuŋk′s̸hə nəl)

adjective

  1. of or relating to a function or functions
    1. performing or able to perform a function
    2. useful or intended to be useful
  3. Med. affecting a function of some organ without apparent structural or organic changes a functional disease

functional Related Forms

func′·tion·al′·ity (-nal′ə tē) noun func′·tion·ally adverb

functional Synonyms

functional

modif.

operative, useful, utilitarian, working; see practical.

functional Usage Examples

Preposition: on

basis: It has developed to the point where it has definitely become functional on a regular basis.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: Project work is used to integrate material and make knowledge functional.

Modifies a noun

  • genomics: A research program on rice functional genomics was started in 1997.
  • imaging: Functional brain imaging has the potential to breach the privacy of a person's own thoughts.
  • programming: Well, in Perl 6, functional programming just got a whole lot less wordy.
  • neuroimaging: The most obvious factor responsible for the current explosion of knowledge is functional neuroimaging.
  • classification: A controlled virus taxonomical and functional classification has been used for all the proteins and protein families in the database.
  • specification: An item that warrants a functional specification should also be considered for selection.

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: The explanations for cave use range from the purely functional to the purely esoteric.
  • fully: They may also be used to make certain items on our website fully functional.
  • highly: This company produce professionally designed highly functional websites from only £ 250.
  • perfectly: You can make a perfectly functional website that lives inside your own computer.
  • barely: Like much Soviet construction it looked unfinished and barely functional.
  • strictly: The exhibition includes lighting from the strictly functional to the wildly ostentatious.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: Services have been carefully designed to ensure open systems remain fully functional, yet secure.
  • become: The fetal kidneys become functional by the 11th week.
  • create: I design and make felted fabric using natural fibers, and use the felt to create functional as well as decorative art pieces.
  • provide: They show that it is possible to provide functional, well serviced office accomodation while maintaining social and enviromental considerations.
  • call: This technique is called functional MRI ( or fMRI ).
  • seem: So, I stayed just long enough to check that I and my rebreather seemed fully functional.