Function and Action

noun

• Mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function. ()
  • synonyms: mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping
• What something is used for.
  • usage: "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it"
  • synonyms: purpose, role, use
• The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
  • usage: "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
  • synonyms: office, part, role
• A relation such that one thing is dependent on another.
  • usage: "height is a function of age"; "price is a function of supply and demand"
• A formal or official social gathering or ceremony.
  • usage: "it was a black-tie function"
• A vaguely specified social event.
  • usage: "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
  • synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function
• A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program.
  • synonyms: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure

verb

• Perform as expected when applied.
  • usage: "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
  • synonyms: work, operate, go, run
• Serve a purpose, role, or function.
  • usage: "The tree stump serves as a table"; "The female students served as a control group"; "This table would serve very well"; "His freedom served him well"; "The table functions as a desk"
  • synonyms: serve
• Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function.
  • usage: "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
  • synonyms: officiate

• (v.i.) Alternative of Functionate.
• (n.) The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.
• (n.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x.
• (n.) The act of executing or performing any duty, office or calling; per formance.
• (n.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body.
• (n.) The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind.
• (n.) A public or social ceremony or gathering; a festivity or entertainment, especially one somewhat formal.
• (n.) A religious ceremony, especially one particularly impressive and elaborate.

noun

• Something done (usually as opposed to something said. )
  • usage: "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
• The state of being active.
  • usage: "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"
  • synonyms: activity, activeness
• A military engagement.
  • usage: "he saw action in Korea"
  • synonyms: military action
• A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings. )
  • usage: "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
  • synonyms: natural process, natural action, activity
• The series of events that form a plot.
  • usage: "his novels always have a lot of action"
• The trait of being active and energetic and forceful.
  • usage: "a man of action"
• The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism.
  • usage: "the piano had a very stiff action"
  • synonyms: action mechanism
• A judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong.
  • synonyms: legal action, action at law
• An act by a government body or supranational organization.
  • usage: "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"; "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"; "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves"
• The most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field.
  • usage: "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"; "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"

verb

• Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against.
  • usage: "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
  • synonyms: sue, litigate, process
• Put in effect.
  • usage: "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
  • synonyms: carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, fulfill, fulfil

• (n.) A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action.
• (n.) An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.
• (n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
• (n.) Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
• (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
• (n.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles or the gastric juice.
• (n.) Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject or to the feelings.
• (n.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
• (n.) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong or the punishment of a public offense.
• (n.) A right of action; as, the law gives an action for every claim.
• (n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks.
• (n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.
• (n.) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.

Action is a proceeding in a Court of law where one person seeks a Court Order for the enforcement of that person's or company's rights.