proper function
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of proper function
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
What is the proper function of the intellectual?
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2024
If the majority of warnings contain errors or are unclear to the point that civilians can't understand them then, she says, "these warnings do not fulfil the proper function they have under international humanitarian law".
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024
This process called autophagy is critical for the proper function and health of the cells.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024
“In addition to endangering particular individuals, disclosures like these tear at the fabric of the proper function of responsible government,” she told reporters in the Treaty Room of the State Department.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2023
The proper function of imagination is vision of realities that cannot be exhibited under existing conditions of sense-perception.
From How We Think by Dewey, John
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
