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functional
[fuhngk-shuh-nl]
adjective
of or relating to a function or functions.
functional difficulties in the administration.
capable of operating or functioning.
When will the ventilating system be functional again?
having or serving a utilitarian purpose; capable of serving the purpose for which it was designed.
functional architecture; a chair that is functional as well as decorative.
Also functionalistic (of a building or furnishing) constructed or made according to the principles of functionalism or primarily as a direct fulfillment of a material need.
Medicine/Medical.Ģżwithout a known organic cause or structural change.
a functional disorder.
pertaining to an algebraic operation.
a functional symbol.
Linguistics.Ģż(of linguistic analysis, language teaching, etc.) concerned with the communicative role of language rather than, in addition to, or as the framework for its formal structure.
functional
/ Ė“ŚŹÅ°ģŹÉ²Ōɱō /
adjective
of, involving, or containing a function or functions
practical rather than decorative; utilitarian
functional architecture
capable of functioning; working
med affecting a function of an organ without structural change
psychol
relating to the purpose or context of a behaviour
denoting a psychosis such as schizophrenia assumed not to have a direct organic cause, like deterioration or poisoning of the brain Compare organic psychosis
noun
maths a function whose domain is a set of functions and whose range is a set of functions or a set of numbers
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- functionality noun
- functionally adverb
- hyperfunctional adjective
- hyperfunctionally adverb
- multifunctional adjective
- nonfunctional adjective
- nonfunctionally adverb
- prefunctional adjective
- semifunctional adjective
- semifunctionally adverb
- subfunctional adjective
- subfunctionally adverb
- superfunctional adjective
- unfunctional adjective
- unfunctionally adverb
- Ė“Ś³Ü²Ō³¦³Ł¾±“Ē²Ō²¹±ō±ō²ā adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of functional1
Example Sentences
We break down why it's happening and the dangers of Means, an unlicensed functional medicine doctor who talks to trees, advocates against sunscreen and is an aspiring poet, being nominated for Surgeon General.
Several probation officers welcomed the investment but raised concerns about their "increasing workload" and when the new hires will be functional.
Yet the textās unhurried recollections reflect its content: āHomeworkā feels leisurely as if to reflect the functional, socialist-adjacent government that allows its characters to subsist.
On the other hand, one 2009 study found evidence in babyās brains that they were detecting rhythmic patterns as young as seven months old, which could indicate that this ability is already functional at birth.
It's still functional and has many users, but it's no longer what it was.
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