function

/fʌŋkʃən/

意味: 機能、行事

例文: June attended a sparkle science function.
　　  ジューンはキラキラ科学のイベントに出席した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: mathematical function(数学的関数), function key(ファンクションキー), function room(宴会場)

定義: 何かがどのように働くか、または何かの目的や役割を指します。特に、数学やコンピュータプログラムで使われることが多いです。例えば、数学では、関数は入力に対して特定の出力を与えるルールです。コンピュータでは、特定のタスクを実行するためのコードの一部を指します。

functionは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
Noun: what something is used for
Noun: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
Noun: a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
Noun: a formal or official social gathering or ceremony
Noun: a vaguely specified social event
Noun: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Verb: perform as expected when applied
Verb: serve a purpose, role, or function
Verb: perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The function of this button is to start the machine.(このボタンの機能は機械を起動することです。)
She explained the function of the new software clearly.(彼女は新しいソフトの機能を明確に説明した。)
Every organ in the body has a specific function.(体のすべての器官には特定の機能がある。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the function of an auger is to bore holes
Noun: ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
Noun: the function of a teacher
Noun: the government must do its part
Noun: play its role
Noun: height is a function of age
Noun: price is a function of supply and demand
Noun: it was a black-tie function
Noun: the party was quite an affair
Noun: an occasion arranged to honor the president
Noun: a seemingly endless round of social functions
Verb: The washing machine won’t go unless it’s plugged in
Verb: Does this old car still run well?
Verb: This old radio doesn’t work anymore
Verb: The tree stump serves as a table
Verb: The female students served as a control group
Verb: This table would serve very well
Verb: His freedom served him well
Verb: The table functions as a desk
Verb: His wife officiated as his private secretary

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): affair, function, go, map, mapping, mathematical function, occasion, office, officiate, operate, part, procedure, purpose, role, routine, run, serve, single-valued function, social function, social occasion, subprogram, subroutine, use, work

Antonyms(反意語): malfunction

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): duty, mathematical relation, relation, serve, social event, social gathering, software, suffice, utility

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): act, affair, affinity, alpha software, assignment, association, authoring language, bee, beta software, business relation, caddie, causality, change, company, comparison, compatible software, computer-aided design, connection, contest, control, database management system, detergency, foundation, freeware, function, go a long way, go around, groupware, helpfulness, instrumentality, interrelation, job, kinship, linguistic relation, logical relation, love feast, magnitude relation, mathematical relation, meeting, officiate, operating system, opposition, ownership, parity, part, party, position, possession, practicability, practicality, program, qualify, reciprocality, reflexivity, relationship, represent, rotate, routine, serve, serviceability, shareware, show, shrink-wrapped software, sit, social relation, software documentation, spyware, staff, supervisory software, supper, temporal relation, tide over, transitivity, unconnectedness, upgrade, use

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): act as, capacity, cataloged procedure, celebration, ceremony, contingency procedure, cut, double, expansion, exponential, fundraiser, hat, inverse function, isometry, kronecker delta, library routine, metric function, operator, party, photo opportunity, polynomial, portfolio, prelude, raison d’etre, random number generator, recursive routine, reusable routine, roll, run, second fiddle, service, sleepover, stead, supervisory routine, threshold function, tracing routine, transformation, trigonometric function, utility routine

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: function, functionary, functioning, map, office, officiate, officiating, officiation, operant, operation, operative, procedural

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: technology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): tion

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: