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function in inglese:

1. work


The radio doesn't work.
Mother Teresa used the prize money for her work in India and around the world.
After tying up loose ends on the house, the carpenter gave the painter approval to begin work.
I always work alone. I'm just not a team player.
Computers are capable of doing very complicated work in a split second.
Japanese office workers work very hard.
If you want to sound like a native speaker, it'll take a lot of work.
Exhausted from a day's work, he went to bed much earlier than usual.
I was beaten up by a gang of hoodlums on the way home from work.
People who regularly work in the open air do not suffer from sleeplessness.
After a hard day's work, a man can do with a good, hot meal.
I wonder if Tom has ever considered cycling to work.
Tom brings his children with him to work once or twice a year.
The committee stayed up late last night trying to work out measures that would please everyone.
It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go.

Inglese parola "function"(work) si verifica in set:

Formal and informal

2. party


Where's the party?
I've mistakenly deleted the party information and registration you sent to me.
A party will be held next Saturday, that is to say, on August 25th.
The party had no sooner started than it began to rain.
Some kind of party upstairs kept me up till one last night.
I'm coming to your party and bringing you an unusual present.
At the party, one of his political opponents humiliated him in the presence of many guests.
His behavior at the party was so humorous that I could not help laughing.
It was a nice party. You should have come, too.
We all pigged out at the company Christmas party, especially on the roast beef.
Tom is throwing a surprise birthday party for Mary next Saturday.
It looks like it may rain today. I'm worried that our cherry-blossom-viewing party might be canceled.
A party of scientists were on board with them.
Mixing with people at a party can be terrifying for shy people.
So we're gonna have a barbecue party. Tell your parents that my parents are gonna be there.

Inglese parola "function"(party) si verifica in set:

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3. functional


Our premises are very functional.
This programme is very functional, it really helps in organizing your work.
Those buildings are sensitively designed, they're not purely functional.
We want to design a functional and user-friendly website.
Our new electric shaver is a functional and well-designed product.
I wear functional clothes not fashionable clothes.
it is very functional
Make sure your car is fully functional before driving it.
Make sure your car is functional
Is this engine functional?
Rows of houses, each of them different and pleasing with their spacious gardens, are replaced by purely functional blocks of flats which have nothing more to commend them than over-praised 'modern conveniences'.

4. a specific activity in a company



5. the main purpose of something



Inglese parola "function"(the main purpose of something) si verifica in set:

TOEFL - Most important words 226 - 250

6. role


I have an important role.
The restraining role that the community once played is losing its force as adults become reluctant to reprimand other people's unruly children.
Many websites prohibit misleading usernames that imply an official role on the website such as "admin," "administrator," "webmaster," "system operator," "sysop," or "moderator."
The role of the historian is less to discover and catalog documents than to interpret and explain them.
In the 1980s an opera production of "Hansel and Gretel" caused a furor because the part of the Witch was played by a man; nobody seemed to care that the part of Hansel, a trouser role, was played by a woman.
Must the woman always play the secondary role?
Women no longer are satisfied with their traditional role of housewife, and are seeking recognition of needs in the workplace.
Slotted spoons have a particular role in the traditional absinthe ritual. They are used to hold a sugar cube over a glass as one dissolves it into her drink with cold water.
If you have hope, then you'll certainly find happiness, and will become a role model for others as well.
A "modifier" has, just as it sounds, the role of embellishing sentences.
In his latest role, the actor will play a dangerous fugitive.
role at Xtech
A lot of sport clubs are still burdened by a monumental amount of debt. The worst thing about it, is that some of them are clubs that play a heavy role in leagues; clubs like Barcelona and Chelsea, and others more, are on the list that goes on and on.
His good nature seems to fulfill the role of reducing the family's trouble.
So successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful.

7. Purpose of something



8. malfunction


Vomiting seems like a prime example of a bodily malfunction
It maybe a malfunction in the detection system.

9. what something does



10. job or purpose



11. to work in the correct or intended way