intended function

collocation in English

meaningsofintendedandfunction

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intended
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ɪnˈten.dɪd/us
/ɪnˈten.dɪd/
the person that you are going ...
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function
noun
uk
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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(Definition ofintendedandfunctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofintended function

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It is an improper way of carving up the cathedral, not a functional feature that is being used for something other than itsintendedfunction.
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Another key problem is theintendedfunctionof the martyrologist's compilation.
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Can we be all wrong about theintendedfunctionof hammers?
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Products have anintendedfunctionwhereas a material can be used in any way.
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The account that specifies the "trueintendedfunction" of hammers-of what it is to be a hammer-does not itself enter into fixing the extension.
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It can continue to pick out all and only those things that ordinary individuals believe to have the sameintendedfunctionof driving nails as paradigmatic hammers.
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Consequently, a "cultural myth" grows up around hammers: namely, that theirintendedfunctionis to drive nails.
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Suppose that the average speaker has only the following highly schematic belief about laws in general: that they have someintendedfunction, the content of which is left completely unspecified.
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They do not fulfil theirintendedfunction.
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These loops vary in size, according to theirintendedfunctionand to their creator's artistic intention.
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At some high frequency there will be a spurious passband or stopband interrupting theintendedfunctionof the filter.
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Theintendedfunctionof the pottery dictates its shape and images painted on its surface.
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Most hardware unreliability is the result of a component or material failure that results in the system not performing itsintendedfunction.
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Boomerangs come in many shapes and sizes depending on their geographic or tribal origins andintendedfunction.
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The bowl may have been used to contain water, but, like other hanging bowls, itsintendedfunctionis not certainly known.
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Reorganization into categories of seemingly unrelated items was easier for those that could look beyondintendedfunction.
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Its meaning varies largely based on itsintendedfunction, position in the phrase and even the writer or speaker's regional dialect.
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Itsintendedfunctionwas primarily to provide heavy, long-range artillery support from a location well to the rear of the line.
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A valve is classified as an isolation valve because of itsintendedfunctionin a system, not because of the architecture of the valve itself.
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