Function and Meet

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

• A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held.
  • synonyms: sports meeting

verb

• Come together.
  • usage: "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again"
  • synonyms: run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
• Get together socially or for a specific purpose.
  • synonyms: get together
• Be adjacent or come together.
  • usage: "The lines converge at this point"
  • synonyms: converge
• Fill or meet a want or need.
  • synonyms: satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
• Satisfy a condition or restriction.
  • usage: "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree"
  • synonyms: fit, conform to
• Satisfy or fulfill.
  • usage: "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"
  • synonyms: match, cope with
• Collect in one place.
  • usage: "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
  • synonyms: gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
• Get to know; get acquainted with.
  • usage: "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night"; "we met in Singapore"
• Meet by design; be present at the arrival of.
  • usage: "Can you meet me at the train station"
• Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle.
  • usage: "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
  • synonyms: encounter, play, take on
• Experience as a reaction.
  • usage: "My proposal met with much opposition"
  • synonyms: encounter, receive
• Undergo or suffer.
  • usage: "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
  • synonyms: suffer
• Be in direct physical contact with; make contact.
  • usage: "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
  • synonyms: touch, adjoin, contact

adjective

• Being precisely fitting and right.
  • usage: "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
  • synonyms: fitting

• (v.t.) To join or come in contact with; especially, to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.
• (v.t.) To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.
• (v.t.) To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.
• (v.t.) To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.
• (adv.) Meetly.
• (a.) Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
• (v.t.) To come together by mutual approach; especially, to come in contact or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.
• (v.t.) To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.
• (v.t.) To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.
• (n.) An assembling together; especially, the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
• (v.t.) To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.
• (v.t.) To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.