English-Danish translations for function

• funktion
  De svækker de reproduktive funktioner. They impair reproductive functions.
  Vi ønsker, at sporten skal have en social funktion. We want sport to have a social function.
  Men det har ingen lovgivningsmæssig funktion. It does not, however, have a legislative function.
• fungere
  Vi ønsker dog trods alt, at virksomhederne fungerer. But we want companies to function.
  Finansmarkederne fungerer på basis af risiko. Financial markets function on risk.
  De kan ikke fungere uden disse. They could not function without that.
• virke
  Derfor skal dets virke være mere gennemskueligt og kontrollerbart. Its function must accordingly be made more transparent and enforceable.
  Det er også et instrument, der skal virke gennem hele året. It is also a tool that has to function throughout the course of the year.
  Ingen politik kan desuden virke effektivt, medmindre den gennemføres tværsektorielt. Furthermore, no policy can truly function without cross-sectoral implementation.

Definition of function

• What something does or is used for
• A professional or official position
• An official or social occasion
• Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant
• A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance
• A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result
• The physiological activity of an organ or body part
• The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group
• To have a function
• To carry out a function; to be in action

Related words

• malfunction
• dysfunctional
• functionalism
• functional
• functionary
• functionality
• functioning
• functionalist
• eigenfunction