function
noun
the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
had functioned
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past perfectof function.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Communications links to the city, which had functioned despite the flood, were shut down on Tuesday morning.
From Reuters ● Sep. 19, 2023
When it was revealed last week that the trio voted no to CFP expansion before the current contract runs out after the 2025 season, the assumption was they had functioned as a voting bloc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
Something that had functioned as money abruptly ceased to do so.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
Some of the trucks, which had functioned as snow-plow vehicles in the winter, were also destroyed.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
We had been kept in detention and had functioned without our lawyers for more than five months.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
