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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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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of functioning1

First recorded in 1835鈥40; in 1970鈥75 functioning fordef 2; function ( def ) (in the sense 鈥渢o perform an action鈥) + -ing 2( def )
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The administrative law judge had said the rate hike was fair and necessary, and in the interest of consumers, 鈥渆ffectively functioning as a rescue mission.鈥

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"I was a functioning addict. People wouldn't realise - I was high most of the time for many years."

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That鈥檚 the central insight of modern monetary theory 鈥 and if Democrats had a functioning system 4 and 5, everyone would know that as surely as they know that two plus two is four.

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"In exchange for tariff relief on luxury cars, we've opened our doors to US beef and ethanol. But as our border checks are barely functioning, how we'll enforce standards is anyone's guess," she wrote.

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They don鈥檛 know what a functioning and fully-funded social institution is.

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