Both Uses of
function
in
Main Street
- By diligent consultation of American fiction she discovered that this was the only virile and amusing manner in which boys could function; that boys who were not compounded of the gutter and the mining-camp were mollycoddles and unhappy.†
Chpt 9
- Such a society functions admirably in the large production of cheap automobiles, dollar watches, and safety razors.†
Chpt 22 *
Definition:
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(function as in: Its main function is to...) purpose, job, or natural activity