Functioning
Functioning adjective - Being in effective operation.
Going on and functioning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Going on" instead an adjective "Functioning".
Going on
Functioning and going on are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Functioning" instead an adjective "Going on".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- conduct and functioning
- conduct and going on
- current and functioning
- current and going on
- active and functioning
- active and going on
- proceeding and functioning
- proceeding and going on
- doing and functioning
- doing and going on
- on and functioning
- on and going on
- astir and functioning
- astir and going on
Both terms in one sentence
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Yes, there is still galaxy spanning war going on, but Imperial society is shown as functioning and, in the case of the planet Gudrun, can be extremely pleasant or at least tolerable.
Source: Literature / Eisenhorn - This damage kicked him into a kind of basic mode of functioning, probably designed to keep him from being used as a weapon, wherein his program directed him to do the right thing, regardless of whatever else was going on.
- Mourning someone you've lost, someone you love, doesn't necessarily mean you cease to function — and going on functioning doesn't mean you've ceased to mourn.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Sherlock
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