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adjective

Definition of functioningnext
as in operating
being in effective operation looked for a functioning washing machine, but the few that weren't broken were in use

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functioning

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noun

as in activity

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functioning

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verb

present participle of function
as in acting
to have a certain purpose the heart functions as a pump for the blood

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for functioning
  1. operating
  2. activity
  3. acting
  4. operational
  5. movement
  6. serving
  7. operative
  8. performance
Adjective
  • Under Proposition 309, voters casting mail-in ballots could provide a driver's license or non-operating identification license number, the last four digits of a social security number, or a unique identifying number provided by the secretary of state for voter registration purposes.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The adjusted net income decreased by 8% y-o-y to $3.9 billion in the first nine months of 2022 due to higher expenses as a % of revenues and lower non-operating income.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
Definition of operating
Noun
  • More than 60 percent of global methane emissions come from human activity: extracting fossil fuels; raising cows that burp (not fart); dumping trash in our landfills and waste treatment sites.
    Rob Jackson, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
  • This is a game that at one point was making an entire seasonal activity out of one public event.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of activity
Verb
  • Those officials could be then tapped for acting positions.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Fed regulators presuming the imposition of broad capital requirements are acting in as conceited a fashion as FOMC members setting a rate of interest.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of acting
Adjective
  • Advertisement Despite the harrowing circumstances, employees kept the 88-year-old institution operational throughout the disaster, in some cases putting decades worth of worst-case emergency training to use for the first time.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • This can lead to long-term operational disruptions and power outages, affecting local or regional energy supplies.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of operational
Noun
  • Exposure to different movements helps prevent injury and increases range of motion.
    Amanda Schupak, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • In the first two decades of the 20th century, however, Hagen, which sits on the southern edge of the Ruhr region was a center of the European Garden City movement, thanks to visionaries such as Osthaus and van de Velde.
    Ulrich Clewing, Architectural Digest, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of movement
Verb
  • The school's kitchen and cafeteria are congested with long serving lines, according to the district's website.
    Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Shanghai remains the hub for the new model, with the city serving as the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China's center of production, as well as the base for its research and development departments.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of serving
Adjective
  • Political subdivisions may, in place of such standards, enact municipal health and safety standards to be operative during the housing emergency consistent with ensuring minimal public health and safety.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • State law — rising from a 2018 ballot measure — sets the effective date of ballot measures at five days after the secretary of state certifies the election result (although some measures may lay out later dates to become operative, often the first of the year).
    Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of operative
Noun
  • Sunday was about as ho-hum as a dominant performance could be.
    Tim Graham, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • With four interceptions and just 14 completions on 32 attempts, Herbert had, arguably, the worst performance of his career.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of performance
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