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functioning

verb

  1. To have a function.

    Similar: officiate, serve

  2. To carry out a function; to be in action.

    Similar: go, operate, run, work

Synonymsgo, operate, run, work, officiate, serve
Antonymsmalfunction
noun

  1. Action of the verb function.

  2. Manner by which something functions; the workings.

adjective

  1. Functional, working

  2. (of a person) Mentally disabled but still able to survive in wider society.

    "Oh, he looked pretty functioning to me."

Synonymsuseful

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