Function and Course

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

• Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings.
  • usage: "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
  • synonyms: course of study, course of instruction, class
• A connected series of events or actions or developments.
  • usage: "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
  • synonyms: line
• General line of orientation.
  • usage: "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
  • synonyms: trend
• A mode of action.
  • usage: "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"
  • synonyms: course of action
• A line or route along which something travels or moves.
  • usage: "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
  • synonyms: path, track
• A body of students who are taught together.
  • usage: "early morning classes are always sleepy"
  • synonyms: class, form, grade
• Part of a meal served at one time.
  • usage: "she prepared a three course meal"
• Construction) a layer of masonry. (
  • usage: "a course of bricks"
  • synonyms: row
• Facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport.
  • usage: "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile"

verb

• Move swiftly through or over.
  • usage: "ships coursing the Atlantic"
• Move along, of liquids.
  • usage: "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
  • synonyms: run, flow, feed
• Hunt with hounds.
  • usage: "He often courses hares"

adverb

• As might be expected.
  • usage: "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
  • synonyms: naturally, of course

• (n.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building.
• (n.) That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments.
• (n.) The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
• (n.) The menses.
• (v.t.) To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer.
• (v.i.) To run as in a race or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire.
• (n.) The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.
• (v.t.) To run, hunt or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue.
• (v.i.) To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins.
• (n.) The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.
• (n.) Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument.
• (n.) The ground or path traversed; track; way.
• (n.) Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior.
• (n.) Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race.
• (v.t.) To run through or over.
• (n.) Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance.
• (n.) Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws.
• (n.) A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry.