• n.
    ⦿what something is used for
    lexical concept
  • ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
  • the function of an auger is to bore holes

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:function
  2. enl:purpose
  3. enl:role
  4. enl:use
wn:interlingual indexili:i64041
wn:eq synonymdn:brug1§1

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelfunctionpurposeroleuse