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functional

  • adjective
  • /ˈfʌŋkt͡ʃənəl/

In good working order.

Other meanings

  1. useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.

    “That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.”

  2. Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture.

    “A functional construction element generally must meet higher technical but lower aesthetical requirements.”

Synonyms

  • functioning
  • working

Antonyms

  • non-functional

Related words

  • functional drink
  • functional equivalence
  • functional linguistics
  • functional beverage
  • functional constituency
  • functional load
  • functional necrophilia
  • functional water
  • positive linear functional
  • eufunctional
  • monofunctional
  • functional graph

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “functional” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.