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

Under tokenized securities, there are functions that are no longer needed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Two genetic signals that ordinarily tell cells to stop making proteins had taken on completely different functions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

When their functions changed, both generally came to specify the same amino acid.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

More than a dozen leaders across the combined company’s corporate, business and news functions will report directly to Ellison and Kreiz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Even when Maggie and Kate were exhausted, sad, or disinterested, they still had to make the rounds of social functions, whether in Washington, DC, or any city in which they appeared.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock