Numbering and Functioning

numbering

Add up in number or quantity.
- usage: "The bills amounted to $2, 000"; "The bill came to $2, 000"
- synonyms: total, number, add up, come, amount
Give numbers to.
- usage: "You should number the pages of the thesis"
- synonyms: number
Enumerate.
- usage: "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"
- synonyms: number, list
Put into a group.
- usage: "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
- synonyms: count, number
Determine the number or amount of.
- usage: "Can you count the books on your shelf"; "Count your change"
- synonyms: count, number, enumerate, numerate
Place a limit on the number of.
- synonyms: number, keep down

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

functioning

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

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

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