function as sth/sb
— phrasal verb with function uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/verb [ I ]
to perform the purpose of a particular thing or the duties of a particular person:
We have a spare bedroom that also functions as a study.
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Machines - Functioning
- actuate
- asthmatically
- faulty
- fire sth up
- functionally
- operation
- operational
- operative
- order
- pack
- pack up
- peg
- perform
- play up
- right
- roll
- start
- tick
- torpor
- work
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