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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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Climate functions and first-order cabin controls, like the powered windows and outside mirrors, get their own hard switches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Once absorbed, the vitamin is converted into molecules that help protect cells from oxidative damage and support other important biological functions.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

"Thank you to local people for their patience and understanding along the way. Today marks the completion of a road that will transform how this area functions and grows for future generations."

From BBC • May 14, 2026

He said he would he would "make sure we have a parliament and a democracy that functions in Scotland."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Derek would, of course, have to go to the bathroom—his body functions would keep going.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen