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function
English
Etymology
From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functi? (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??(k)??n/, /?f??k?n?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f??k??n/, [?f??k???n], [?f??k?n?]
- Hyphenation: func?tion
- Rhymes: -??k??n
Noun
function (plural functions)
- What something does or is used for.
- Synonyms: aim, intention, purpose, role, use
- A professional or official position.
- Synonyms: occupation, office, part, role
- An official or social occasion.
- Synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, operator, transformation
- Hypernym: relation
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine, func, funct
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
Hyponyms
- subfunction
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
function (third-person singular simple present functions, present participle functioning, simple past and past participle functioned)
- (intransitive) To have a function.
- Synonyms: officiate, serve
- (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.
- Synonyms: go, operate, run, work
- Antonym: malfunction
Related terms
- functional
- dysfunction, dysfunctional
Translations
Middle French
Noun
function f (plural functions)
- function (what something's intended use is)
Descendants
- ? English: function
- French: fonction
function From the web:
- what function do chloroplasts perform
- what functions as a symbol in this excerpt
- what function does the retina serve
- what function does the gallbladder serve
- what function does the spleen have
- what function is graphed below y=cot(x-pi/4)
- what function is graphed below
- what function equation is represented by the graph
licence
English
Etymology
From Old French licence, from Latin licentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la?s?ns/
- Hyphenation: li?cence
Noun
licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences)
- (Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand) Standard spelling of license.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
licence (third-person singular simple present licences, present participle licencing, simple past and past participle licenced)
- (Britain, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Alternative form of license
Usage notes
- In British English, Canadian English, Irish English, Australian English, South African English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelled licence and the verb is license.
- The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.
Translations
Czech
Etymology
From Latin licentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?.tsen.tse/
Noun
licence f
- licence (UK), license (US)
Declension
Further reading
- licence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- licence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin licentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.s??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
- Homophone: licences
Noun
licence f (plural licences)
- licence
- permit, certificate
- (education) bachelor's degree (more accurately in France Bac+3)
- (somewhat archaic) licence: excessive or undue freedom or liberty
Derived terms
- licencier
- licenciement
- licencieux
Related terms
- loisir
Descendants
- ? Turkish: lisans
Further reading
- “licence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Etymology
licenc +? -e (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lit?s?nt?s?]
- Hyphenation: li?cen?ce
Noun
licence
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of licenc
Declension
Old French
Noun
licence f (oblique plural licences, nominative singular licence, nominative plural licences)
- leave; permission to be away, to be not present
Descendants
- French: licence
- ? English: licence, license
licence From the web:
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- what licence do i need to drive a bus
- what licence do i need for a moped
- what licence do i need to open a butcher shop
- what licence do i need to drive a converted bus
- what licence to drive a dump truck
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