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Function and Last

function

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. ()
  • What something is used for.
    • usage: "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program.

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"
  • 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"
  • Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function.
    • usage: "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
last

noun

  • The temporal end; the concluding time.
    • usage: "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
  • The last or lowest in an ordering or series.
    • usage: "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
  • A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do.
    • usage: "he breathed his last"
  • The time at which life ends; continuing until dead.
    • usage: "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
  • A unit of weight equal to 4, 000 pounds.
  • A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels.
  • The concluding parts of an event or occurrence.
    • usage: "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
  • Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes.

verb

  • Persist for a specified period of time.
    • usage: "The bad weather lasted for three days"
  • Continue to live through hardship or adversity.
    • usage: "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water"

adjective

  • Immediately past.
    • usage: "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
  • Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining.
    • usage: "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"
  • Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
    • usage: "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
  • Most unlikely or unsuitable.
    • usage: "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
  • Occurring at the time of death.
    • usage: "his last words"; "the last rites"
  • Conclusive in a process or progression.
    • usage: "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
  • Highest in extent or degree.
    • usage: "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was... To be determined individually"
  • Not to be altered or undone.
    • usage: "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"
  • Lowest in rank or importance.
    • usage: "last prize"; "in last place"

adverb

  • Most_recently.
    • usage: "I saw him last in London"
  • The item at the end.
    • usage: "last, I'll discuss family values"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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