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[ fuhngk -shuh -ning ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈfʌŋk ʃə nɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective performing a specified action or activity; working; operating: My son has only one functioning kidney.
(of a person with addiction or other illness or disability) able to cope with everyday life, as at home or at work: a functioning alcoholic with a successful career; functioning diabetics. See also high-functioning.
Origin of functioning First recorded in 1835–40; in 1970–75 for def. 2 ; function (in the sense “to perform an action”) + -ing2
Words nearby functioning functional shift, functional splint, functional water, functionary, function creep, functioning , function key, function shift, function space, function word, functor
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Example sentences from the Web for functioning Common sense is not a just a normative judgment about wisdom, but a structural feature of any functioning organization.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans | Philip K. Howard| December 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Most people could agree on whether a given configuration of materials is a functioning vehicle or a useless set of parts.
The Birth of the Novel | Nick Romeo| November 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
It is entirely possible for some of these mechanisms to be functioning while others have ceased.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad| November 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
There are conditions where the heart and many other organs are functioning relatively well, but the brain is very ill.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad| November 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Thailand has had a lousy track record with functioning democracy for many decades.
‘The Hunger Games’ Stars Silent on Thai Protesters | Asawin Suebsaeng| November 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He only knew that he was part of the great scheme of things and that he was functioning ably.
Half Portions | Edna Ferber
In 1914 we had thirty-thousand banks, functioning to a great degree in independence of each other.
The American Empire | Scott Nearing
In our eyes the characteristics of each of the two systems were betrayed by this difference in their functioning .
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis | Sigmund Freud
Two of these are small and lie on either side of the functioning extremity.
Domesticated Animals | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
But the capacity of the soul for pleasure and pain is not confined to its functioning through the body.
The Complex Vision | John Cowper Powys
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