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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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So while Legends will be responsible for paying workers, their job functions, attire and the accreditation needed to access SoFi will be managed by FIFA.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Under this structure, variations of which are also used in medicine and accounting, a law firm pays a fee to outsource its back-office functions and other nonlegal work to an MSO backed by private equity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Those stocks took a battering at the start of this year due to worries that artificial intelligence will replace certain software functions.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

While the presidential role is largely ceremonial under Hungary's system of government, it has some practical functions, including confirming public appointments.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

If one part of the brain is injured, then the functions or thoughts that came from there will flow to another part.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman