function
/ˈfʌŋkʃən/FUHNGK-shuhn
/ˈfʌŋkʃən/FUHNGK-shuhn
Meaninga performing
Common meaning: the purpose of a thing
- functto perform, carry outLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 794 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
Journey through time
- Latinfungor, fūnctus‘to perform, carry out’
- Old Frenchfunctionsource
- Englishfunction‘the purpose of a thing’ · today
funct also in: defunctperfunctory
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin fungor ‘to perform, carry out’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fungor, p. 794 · dictionary scan
Roots
- fungor, fūnctus Latin “to perform, carry out”
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