functionality

[fuhngk-shuhn-al-i-tee] / ˌfʌŋk ʃənˈæl ɪ ti /

NOUN

range of capabilities

Synonyms

STRONG

performance process purpose service use

WEAK

component

Example Sentences

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“Today’s ultraluxury buyer is more focused on ease, functionality, quality, and long-term value, and is not just star-struck,” she says.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

It’s been derided as unwieldy and ugly and unable to match other pickups in basic functionality.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Here, technical precision, functionality and artistic beauty converged in a way that set it apart from earlier astrolabes produced in parts of the Middle East, which might have only been functional.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

With its buttons, chunky receiver and expanding curly cord, it gives a 1990s look with 2020s functionality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Emotion, functionality and the everyday experience of music: Where does music education fit?

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin