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US
/ˈfəŋkʃənɪŋ/
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[ UK /fˈʌŋkʃənɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /fˈʌŋkʃənɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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performing or able to perform its regular function
a functioning flashlight
NOUN
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process or manner of functioning or operating
the power of its engine determines its operation
the plane's operation in high winds
they compared the cooking performance of each oven
the jet's performance conformed to high standards
How To Use functioning In A Sentence
- Indeed, the schemes of co-determination in Germany constitute functioning examples of shareholders sharing control with one other stakeholder group, namely the employees.
- It is, however, evident that this action on chromatin is most important for proper functioning of the genome and for maintenance of genome integrity. Advanced Information: The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- And also barely functioning as an able-minded human being. IN ODDER NEWS: Kathy Griffin’s Emmy Speech, Uncensored | Best Week Ever
- However, it also emphasizes that the efficient and effective functioning of the system in its entirety is bicentric to the success of some display programme, irrespective of the display method chosen. Xml's Blinklist.com
- Loss of functioning lymphocytes is one of the reasons an individual may experience food and other allergies. The Allergy Handbook
- I didn't grow much until I was about fourteen by which time it was still functioning as a mini gaberdine raincoat as per the fashion and with the belt buckled around the back as you did. Harbingers
- The metropolitan grouping reflects urban areas and a fully functioning tiered health care system with ready access to tertiary care.
- Then, after a real fire, she chose to deep-fry her pork tenderloin, which didn't cook all the way through, thanks to more malfunctioning equipment, leading to her elimination. Top Chef's Carla: I Would've Sent Myself Home Too
- It is already known that in some bowel cancers the K-Ras gene is faulty, leaving the switch permanently 'on'. patients who have a normally functioning K-Ras 'switch' might in some circumstances** benefit from new cancer drugs called cetuximab and panitumumab. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- The necessary precondition for a functioning democracy is not just minimal outright poverty, but a reasonable degree of similarity between the life and life prospects of the citizens.