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functions

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

Example Sentences

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"The Cuban economy can collapse, and is collapsing... but the state still functions, especially on the security side."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Dimon also discussed JPMorgan’s artificial-intelligence strategy in the interview in Shanghai, saying that the company was using the technology for risk, fraud, marketing, design, and several other functions.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The best businesses would maximize investment in those two functions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Izquierdo is correct that the card functions more like a debit card than a credit card.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

We cannot expect an exception for the instrumental conditioning of autonomic functions.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas