Function and Admit

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.

verb

• Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of.
  • usage: "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
  • synonyms: acknowledge
• Allow to enter; grant entry to.
  • usage: "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"
  • synonyms: allow in, let in, intromit
• Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.
  • usage: "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
  • synonyms: let in, include
• Admit into a group or community.
  • usage: "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
  • synonyms: accept, take, take on
• Afford possibility.
  • usage: "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
  • synonyms: allow
• Give access or entrance to.
  • usage: "The French doors admit onto the yard"
• Have room for; hold without crowding.
  • usage: "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
  • synonyms: accommodate, hold
• Serve as a means of entrance.
  • usage: "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"

• (v.t.) To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place or into the mind or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.
• (v.t.) To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.
• (v.t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail.
• (v.t.) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.
• (v.t.) To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb or may be omitted.