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functionless

Variant of function

noun

  1. the normal or characteristic action of anything; esp., any of the natural, specialized actions of a system, organ, or part of an animal or plant: the procreative function
  2. a special duty or performance required in the course of work or activity: the function of an auditor, the function of the brakes
  3. occupation or employment
  4. a formal ceremony or elaborate social occasion
  5. a thing that depends on and varies with something else
    1. an action which is part of a series leading to a resulting action
    2. an operational instruction for programming an electronic device, as a digital watch, computer, etc.; also, an operation performed by such a device as a result of such an instruction
  6. any of the roles that a linguistic form can fulfill in an utterance
  7. Math. an association between two sets in which each element of one set has one assigned element in the other set: any selected element becomes the independent variable and its associated element is the dependent variable: y = f(x) means y is a function of x

intransitive verb

  1. to act in a required or expected manner; work
  2. to have a function; serve or be used (as)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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