What is another word for functioned?

Pronunciation: [fˈʌŋkʃənd] (IPA)

The word "functioned" can be interchanged with several synonyms. Words like "operated", "worked", "performed", "acted", and "ran" are perfect synonyms of "functioned". These words are used when describing the smooth and efficient ability of an item to complete a task or perform a function as intended. For instance, "operated" can be used when referring to a machine or a system that has been put into motion. "Performed" can be used when talking about a specific task or activity that has been carried out by an individual. Each synonym has a specific use case that can describe the "functioning" of an item or a person in a suitable manner.

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Usage examples for Functioned

In this he was aided by Old Bell, for father and son were much alike and their friction had been only such as results from the rubbing of two hard bodies of identical composition; now that they were put under heavy pressure, they adhered and functioned without heat.
"Flowing Gold"
Rex Beach
He read them twice, thrice, for his mind no longer functioned clearly.
"Flowing Gold"
Rex Beach
His brain functioned with a bright, bitter clearness.
"The Hidden Places"
Bertrand W. Sinclair

Famous quotes with Functioned

  • I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly.
    Norman Lamm
  • This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you.
    Kate Millett
  • There was a time when Men functioned through the mind and Women from their heart, now its Men who feel more and women think more...
    Ramana Pemmaraju
  • In 1938... a business executive with academic talents named Chester Barnard proposed the first new theory of organizations: Organizations are cooperative systems, not the products of mechanical engineering. He stressed natural groups within the organization, upward communication, authority from below rather than from above, and leaders who functioned as a cohesive force. With the spectre of labor unrest and the Great Depression upon him, Barnard's emphasis on the cooperative nature of organizations was well-timed.
    Chester Barnard
  • What the BJP government claims to offer, what all scholarly historians want, and what is loathed by the Marxists who have dominated the cultural and educational establishment since decades, is glasnost: openness, an end to the dead hand of Marxist dogma in Indian history-writing. However, it is quite wrong to say that the Sangh Parivar takes this job “very seriously”. It took three years before relieving leading Marxists of their influential positions (Prasar Bharati, NCERT, IHC). Most of its new nominees were not up to the job, some because of ill-health (e.g. K.S. Lal and B.R. Grover, both now deceased), some because they had never functioned in an academic setting. It should not be forgotten that for decades, at least since ca. 1970 when the Marxists led by P.N. Haksar and Nurul Hasan were given a lot of effective power in this sector in return for their support to Indira Gandhi, distinctly non-Marxist young historians found their access to an academic career blocked by the Marxist hegemons. Of the new textbooks, some are impeccable and are welcomed as undeniable improvements, e.g. Meenakshi Jain’s presentation of the Muslim period, arguably the most sensitive and controversial part of the series. Some of the others, by contrast, have been criticized or ridiculed even by fair-minded observers.
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