| Library / English Dictionary |
FUNCTIONING
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Process or manner of functioning or operating
Example:
the jet's performance conformed to high standards
Synonyms:
functioning; operation; performance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("functioning" is a kind of...):
physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)
Derivation:
function (perform as expected when applied)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Performing or able to perform its regular function
Example:
a functioning flashlight
Classified under:
Similar:
functional; operative; running; working ((of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing)
up ((used of computers) operating properly)
Antonym:
malfunctioning (not performing or able to perform its regular function)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb function
Context examples:
A functioning or non-functioning endocrine neoplasm that arises from the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
(Anterior Pituitary Gland Endocrine Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes brain and acute leukemia cytoplasmic protein, may play a role in the functioning of neurons and hematopoietic cells.
(BAALC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Components of a cell produced by various separation techniques which, though they disrupt the delicate anatomy of a cell, preserve the structure and physiology of its functioning constituents for biochemical and ultrastructural analysis.
(Cell Fraction, NCI Thesaurus)
Reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions.
(Bidirectional, NCI Thesaurus)
A particular functioning condition or arrangement.
(Mode, NCI Thesaurus)
The branch of psychobiology that tries to understand cognitive functioning, including intellectual, memory, and related neurocognitive processes, by understanding the way that genes, proteins, and molecules interact.
(Molecular Psychobiology, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign or malignant, usually non-functioning, extra-adrenal paraganglioma that arises from paraganglia located along the parasympathetic nerves.
(Parasympathetic Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)
A subtype of schizophrenia characterized by prominent delusions (typically persecutory or grandiose) or hallucinations in the context of a relative preservation of cognitive functioning and affect.
(Paranoid Type Schizophrenia, NCI Thesaurus)
A manner of functioning or operating.
(Performance, NCI Thesaurus)
When normal personality traits become inflexible and maladaptive, causing subjective distress or impaired social functioning, they can be considered disorders.
(Personality Disorder, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
