Functioning and Appearing

noun

• Process or manner of functioning or operating.
  • usage: "the power of its engine determines its operation"; "the plane's operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet's performance conformed to high standards"
  • synonyms: operation, performance

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: function, 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, function
• Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function.
  • usage: "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
  • synonyms: officiate, function

adjective

• Performing or able to perform its regular function.
  • usage: "a functioning flashlight"

noun

• Formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action.
  • synonyms: appearance, coming into court

verb

• Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
  • usage: "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
  • synonyms: look, appear, seem
• Come into sight or view.
  • usage: "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"
  • synonyms: appear
• Be issued or published.
  • usage: "Did your latest book appear yet"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"
  • synonyms: appear, come out
• Seem to be true, probable, or apparent.
  • usage: "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
  • synonyms: appear, seem
• Come into being or existence, or appear on the scene.
  • usage: "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago"
  • synonyms: appear, come along
• Appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc..
  • usage: "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"
  • synonyms: appear
• Present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority.
  • usage: "He had to appear in court last month"; "She appeared on several charges of theft"
  • synonyms: appear