Function and Agree

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

• Be in accord; be in agreement.
  • usage: "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"
  • synonyms: hold, concur, concord
• Consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something.
  • usage: "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"
• Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.
  • usage: "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
  • synonyms: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally
• Go together.
  • usage: "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"
  • synonyms: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in
• Show grammatical agreement.
  • usage: "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English"
• Be agreeable or suitable.
  • usage: "White wine doesn't agree with me"
• Achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose.
  • usage: "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"

• (v.i.) To correspond in gender, number, case or person.
• (v.i.) To harmonize in opinion, statement or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.
• (v.i.) To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer or to opinion.
• (v.t.) To admit or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences.
• (adv.) In good part; kindly.
• (v.i.) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
• (v.i.) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
• (v.t.) To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends.
• (v.i.) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.