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functioning

[ fuhngk-shuh-ning ]

adjective

  1. performing a specified action or activity; working; operating:

    My son has only one functioning kidney.

  2. (of a person with addiction or other illness or disability) able to cope with everyday life, as at home or at work: functioning diabetics. high-functioning.

    a functioning alcoholic with a successful career;

    functioning diabetics.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of functioning1

First recorded in 1835–40; in 1970–75 functioning fordef 2; function ( def ) (in the sense “to perform an action”) + -ing 2( def )
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And the banks and financial corporations that depend on the healthy functioning of these other industries know this.

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Impossible beauty standards leave many feeling like they are not enough, which can affect sexual health or manifest into mental health conditions that affect sexual functioning.

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A day later, they were playing that down, saying that the explosion only affected a part of the port and that the rest is functioning normally.

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That resulted in pandemonium in the U.S. and all over the globe as life-saving services have been abruptly ended, people have been fired and programs that Americans depend on are no longer functioning.

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"It stops the functioning of signals from the brain to your body from working properly and causes all sorts of neurological symptoms," she said.

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