Function and Respond

Function

Function verb - To have a certain purpose.

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

Respond

Respond verb - To act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence).

Function and respond are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Function" instead a verb "Respond".

Common collocations

power function power respond power
way function way respond way
worlds function worlds respond worlds
calls function calls respond calls

Both words in one sentence

  • At one point she left a court function to respond to a call of the Queen's Riders.
  • A shredded muscle will not function - forget pain tolerance, it just won't respond.
  • Klingons Love Shakespeare The pattern spiders note "as beings whose function is to reinterpret the same act again and again" love calligraphy, and will respond faster to petitions that include it.
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