functions

Part of Speech:

All (3) Noun (2) Verb (1)

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capacity, job n.
social occasion n.
perform, work v.

NOUN

capacity, job

Synonyms

STRONGEST

action activity affair behavior business duty exercise objective operation part power purpose responsibility role service situation task work

STRONG

charge concern employment faculty goal mark mission object occupation office post province use utility

WEAK

raison d'être

Antonyms

STRONGEST

entertainment fun idleness inaction inactivity inertia irresponsibility pastime

STRONG

unemployment

NOUN

social occasion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affair gathering meeting reception

STRONG

celebration do party

WEAK

get-together

VERB

perform, work

Synonyms

STRONGEST

behave operate react serve

STRONG

act cook do go move officialize officiate percolate run take

WEAK

act the part be in action be in commission be in operation be running do duty do one's thing get with it go to town take care of business

Antonyms

STRONG

abstain cease discontinue fail halt idle lose stay stop

WEAK

malfunction

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functions

“There will be some changes in functions in terms of what people do,” Winfrey said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

As Puck’s Leigh Ann Caldwell recently observed, he is seen as quiet and studious in the Senate, someone who rarely attends Washington social functions, who is professorial by nature.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

The Pentagon is adopting AI for targeting and other functions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Scientists widely agree that organoids are not capable of consciousness or other higher-order brain functions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The brain stem keeps many of your automatic functions going, like your breathing and heartbeat.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman