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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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Some appear to serve important biological functions, including supporting wound healing, maintaining tissue balance, and helping guide embryonic development.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

"The Cuban economy can collapse, and is collapsing... but the state still functions, especially on the security side."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Ubisoft's plans will group together half of its development studios into five structures dubbed "creative houses", while the rest will move into support functions.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

On the firing line are roles in functions including human resources and risk and compliance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Martial law enabled the army to assume the functions of arbitrator in the controversy, but no effort at conciliation was made.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez