Function and Construction

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

• The act of constructing something.
  • usage: "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
  • synonyms: building
• A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.
  • usage: "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
  • synonyms: grammatical construction, expression
• The creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought.
  • synonyms: mental synthesis
• A thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.
  • usage: "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
  • synonyms: structure
• Drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem.
  • usage: "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
• An interpretation of a text or action.
  • usage: "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
  • synonyms: twist
• The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones.
  • usage: "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"
  • synonyms: building

• (n.) The method of construing, interpreting or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.
• (n.) The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
• (n.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.
• (n.) The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.