Function and Continue

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

• Continue a certain state, condition, or activity.
  • usage: "Keep on working"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
  • synonyms: go on, proceed, go along, keep
• Continue talking.
  • usage: "I know it's hard" he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on-pretend we are not in the room"
  • synonyms: go on, carry on, proceed
• Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last.
  • usage: "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
  • synonyms: uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
• Move ahead; travel onward in time or space.
  • usage: "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
  • synonyms: proceed, go forward
• Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.
  • usage: "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
  • synonyms: retain, keep, keep on
• Do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop.
  • usage: "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
  • synonyms: persist in
• Continue after an interruption.
  • usage: "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
• Continue in a place, position, or situation.
  • usage: "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
  • synonyms: stay, stay on, remain
• Span an interval of distance, space or time.
  • usage: "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
  • synonyms: cover, extend
• Exist over a prolonged period of time.
  • usage: "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"

• (v.t.) To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.
• (v.i.) To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance.
• (v.i.) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
• (v.t.) To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live.
• (v.t.) To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
• (v.i.) To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
• (v.t.) To unite; to connect.