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Synonyms of function in English:

function


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See Spanish definition of función

noun

1‘the main function of the machine’

SYNONYMS
purpose, task, use, role
reason, basis, justification

2‘the committee's function is to arrange social activities’

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responsibility, duty, concern, province, aim, activity, assignment, obligation, charge
task, chore, job, role, errand, mission, detail, undertaking, commission
capacity, post, situation, office, occupation, employment, business, operation
raison d'être
British line of country
informal thing, bag, pigeon

3‘casualties are a function of war’

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consequence, result, outcome, ramification, corollary, concomitant
dated issue
ANTONYMS

cause

4‘he was obliged to attend political functions’

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social event, party, occasion, social occasion, affair, gathering, reception, soirée, celebration, jamboree, gala
North American levee
informal do, bash, shindig, shindy, blowout
British informal rave-up, thrash, knees-up, jolly, beanfeast, bunfight, beano, lig

verb

1‘if we unplug a TV set, it ceases to function’

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work, go, run, be in running order, be in working order, operate, perform, be in action, be operative
ANTONYMS

malfunction

2‘the museum intends to function asan educational and study centre’

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serve, act, operate, perform, work, behave
do the job of, have the job of, play the role of, act the part of, perform the function of, do duty as, constitute, form