functions

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

Example Sentences

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One of GLP-1's major functions is slowing gastric emptying, which is the rate at which food leaves the stomach.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

The Dragon effectively functions as a lifeboat - attached to the station but ready to detach the moment the order is given.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Five astronauts had briefly entered the docked Dragon spacecraft as a precautionary measure -- the capsule functions as a lifeboat of sorts in the case an evacuation is needed.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Of particular interest is the financial-services sector, where many companies are racing to deploy AI to perform various research and analysis functions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

And there are multiple DNA polymerases, with slightly different functions, found in cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee