functions

Part of Speech:

All (3) Noun (2) Verb (1)

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capacity, job n.
social occasion n.
perform, work v.

NOUN

capacity, job

Synonyms

STRONGEST

action activity affair behavior business duty exercise objective operation part power purpose responsibility role service situation task work

STRONG

charge concern employment faculty goal mark mission object occupation office post province use utility

WEAK

raison d'être

Antonyms

STRONGEST

entertainment fun idleness inaction inactivity inertia irresponsibility pastime

STRONG

unemployment

NOUN

social occasion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affair gathering meeting reception

STRONG

celebration do party

WEAK

get-together

VERB

perform, work

Synonyms

STRONGEST

behave operate react serve

STRONG

act cook do go move officialize officiate percolate run take

WEAK

act the part be in action be in commission be in operation be running do duty do one's thing get with it go to town take care of business

Antonyms

STRONG

abstain cease discontinue fail halt idle lose stay stop

WEAK

malfunction

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functions

Bouaddi functions as a deep-lying conductor - much in the same vein as Rodri - and would complement summer signing Anderson, who is more of a box-to-box midfielder.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Google has indeed been successful in supercharging search functions with AI.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

You typically want to see those functions separated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Women who used the therapy were also less likely to show memory problems or declines in their ability to carry out everyday functions.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

But they lack personality; that is, their functions are extremely limited.—Must be, since they are so specialized.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov