the purpose of a person or thing, or for which a thing exists, or what a person or thing characteristically does
an impressive, elaborate, or formal ceremony or social gathering
a mathematical relationship between each element of one set and at least one element of the same or another set
a quality, trait, or fact dependent on and varying with another
a facility on a computer or similar device that carries out a particular operation
functionless adj
[Latin function-, functio performance, from fungi to perform]