Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to function
Participle: functioned
Gerund: functioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | function |
| you | function |
| he;she;it | functions |
| we | function |
| you | function |
| they | function |
Perfect
| I | have functioned |
| you | have functioned |
| he;she;it | has functioned |
| we | have functioned |
| you | have functioned |
| they | have functioned |
Past
| I | functioned |
| you | functioned |
| he;she;it | functioned |
| we | functioned |
| you | functioned |
| they | functioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had functioned |
| you | had functioned |
| he;she;it | had functioned |
| we | had functioned |
| you | had functioned |
| they | had functioned |
Future
| I | will function |
| you | will function |
| he;she;it | will function |
| we | will function |
| you | will function |
| they | will function |
Future Perfect
| I | will have functioned |
| you | will have functioned |
| he;she;it | will have functioned |
| we | will have functioned |
| you | will have functioned |
| they | will have functioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | function |
| you | function |
| he;she;it | function |
| we | function |
| you | function |
| they | function |
Perfect
| I | have functioned |
| you | have functioned |
| he;she;it | have functioned |
| we | have functioned |
| you | have functioned |
| they | have functioned |
Imperfect
| I | functioned |
| you | functioned |
| he;she;it | functioned |
| we | functioned |
| you | functioned |
| they | functioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had functioned |
| you | had functioned |
| he;she;it | had functioned |
| we | had functioned |
| you | had functioned |
| they | had functioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would function |
| you | would function |
| he;she;it | would function |
| we | would function |
| you | would function |
| they | would function |
Perfect
| I | would have functioned |
| you | would have functioned |
| he;she;it | would have functioned |
| we | would have functioned |
| you | would have functioned |
| they | would have functioned |
Imperative
| you | function |
| we | Let's function |
| you | function |
Verbs conjugated like 'function'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'function'
junction,
auction,
fraction,
munition,
refunction,
sanction,
suction,
action,
affection,
audition,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der.
3. Proto-Italic *fungōr
4. Latin fungor
5. Proto-Indo-European *-tis
6. Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
7. Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
8. Proto-Italic *-tiō
9. Latin -tiō
10. Latin fūnctiō
11. Old French fonction
12. Middle French functionbor.
13. English function
14. From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functiō (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”). See: Latin '
functiō'.
Verbs referencing "function"
Ido funcionar.
Sample Sentences
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Although the laying workers functioned in a queenlike manner, they were unable to suppress ovarian development as effectively as the queen. [1991, Kenneth G Ross, Robert W Matthews, The social biology of wasps:]