Function and Design

function

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

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

design

The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan. )
- usage: "he contributed to the design of a new instrument"
- synonyms: designing
An arrangement scheme.
- usage: "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"
- synonyms: plan
Something intended as a guide for making something else.
- usage: "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
- synonyms: blueprint, pattern
A decorative or artistic work.
- usage: "the coach had a design on the doors"
- synonyms: pattern, figure
An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
- usage: "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"
- synonyms: purpose, intent, intention, aim
A preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something.
- usage: "the design of a building"
The creation of something in the mind.
- synonyms: invention, innovation, excogitation, conception

Make or work out a plan for; devise.
- usage: "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
- synonyms: plan, project, contrive
Plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect.
- usage: "This room is not designed for work"
Create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner.
- usage: "Chanel designed the famous suit"
Make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form.
- usage: "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"
- synonyms: plan
Create designs.
- usage: "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel"
Conceive or fashion in the mind; invent.
- usage: "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"
Intend or have as a purpose.
- usage: "She designed to go far in the world of business"

(v.i.) To form a design or designs; to plan.
(n.) A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.
(n.) Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.
(n.) To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue or a cathedral.
(n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.
(n.) To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.
(n.) To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.
(n.) The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole.
(n.) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
(n.) The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; especially, a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design or of a fine design.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary