functioning

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 17.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Functional, working.
2. adjective Of a person, mentally disabled but still able to survive in wider society.

   Oh, he looked pretty functioning to me.

3. verb present participle and gerund of function
4. noun Action of the verb function.
5. noun Manner by which something functions; the workings.

Similar words

functional operative working operation performance up running operability serviceability operable

Often followed by

of in as and is at properly on to

Word family

function functional functionally functioned functions