Function and Line

Function

Function noun - An assignment at which one regularly works for pay.
Usage example: what's your function in this company?

Line and function are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Line" instead a noun "Function".

Line

Line noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.
Usage example: my line of business is “pre-owned” vehicles, and have I got a deal for you!

Function and line are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Function" instead a noun "Line".

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

How words are described

old old function old line
full full function full line
exact exact function exact line
particular particular function particular line
Other adjectives: similar, specific, certain, original, simple, actual, entire, real, hard, little, quick, main, major, royal, official, alternate, different, defensive.

Common collocations

minutes function minutes line minutes
seconds function seconds line seconds

Both words in one sentence

  • Mistaken for Exhibit Divorced from its function and seen purely as a piece of art, its structure of line and colour is curiously counterpointed by the redundant vestiges of its function.
  • Literature / Elantris The Magic Comes Back: All it needed to function again was to add one line: the Chasm.
  • Video Game / Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Meryl's line about Johnny not being a "team player" after it is explained that the nanomachines help the team function as one is foreshadowing to the fact that he doesn't have nanomachines in him.
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