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/ ˈfʌŋk.ʃ ə n / the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of .(Definition of core and function from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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Is that a core function? Hansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The control of female sexuality and the restraint of desire would seem to be the core function of modest clothing.
It is not a core function of that trust. Hansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Careers provision will be a core function of the service. Hansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It is their core function to scrutinise local authority services. Hansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
As he rightly said, that is our core function. Hansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Their core function is to make a profit by producing food that customers want to buy. Hansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
However, the core function of the authority is acknowledged to be purchasing and contracting. Hansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Yet we are told that the core function of the mounted branch is to be mainly public order. Hansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It limits a core function of the web.This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It is a core function and fundamental component of computers.This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Patients' councils would preserve the existing structures for patient representation and advocacy, except that independent advocacy would become a new core function.
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That is the core function of the justices' clerk and that function must be protected from any kind of direction to the justices' clerk.
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Data storage is a core function and fundamental component of computers.This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The creation of propaganda has been described as the collectives' core function.This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In order to do this, the system has the priorities as its core function.This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
A core function is the registering of scripts to verify original authorship.This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The focus is to maintain the assets core function and ward off harm.This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The core function of the stereocilia is to resorb 90% of this fluid as the spermatozoa start to become motile.
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A departure to other products is that each core function was designed to work in conjunction with each other.
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The core function of a switch is to allow each workstation to communicate only with the switch instead of with each other.
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The result of these design decisions is a reduction in code size and complexity of the daemon program that provides the core function of answering lookup requests.
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Even during the workhouse era the core function was to tend and care for the sick and infirm, since ill-health and infirmity was the main cause of pauperism.
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/proʊˌkræs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/the act of delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring
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