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functionnoun a social gatheringmade a brief appearance at the annual holiday function affair, bash, binge, blast, blowout, do, event, fete(or fête), get-together, party, powwow(informal, now offensive), reception, shindig benefit, fund-raiserball, dance, formal, promcelebration, gala, occasionbacchanal, bacchanalia, orgy, saturnaliabake, clambake, cocktail party, hen party, house party, housewarming, icebreaker, kaffeeklatsch, kegger(also keg party), klatch(also klatsch), masquerade, meet and greet, mixer, salon, shower, social, soiree(or soirée), stag, supper, symposium, tea, tea party an assignment at which one regularly works for paywhat's your function in this company? appointment, berth, billet, capacity, connection, job, place, position, post, situation business, employ, employment, occupation, professionworkoffice, spotcalling, pursuit, trade, vocationline, racketengagement, giglivelihood, livingcareer, lifework, practice(also practise)duty, mission, posting, service, task avocationjoblessness, unemployment the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing existsthat machine's function is to sort bolts by size business, capacity, job, part, place, position, purpose, role(also rôle), task, work affair, concern, hand, involvement, participationniche, office, post, situationcalling, occupation, pursuit, vocationactivity, assignment, charge, commission, duty, employ, mission, responsibility, service, use to have a certain purposethe heart functions as a pump for the blood act, perform, serve, work operate, runadminister, carry on, control, direct, guide, handle, manage, oversee, regulate, supervise n.function, office, duty, province mean the acts or operations expected of a person or thing.function implies a definite end or purpose or a particular kind of work.the function of language is two-fold: to communicate emotion and to give information — Aldous Huxley office is typically applied to the function or service associated with a trade or profession or a special relationship to others.they exercise the offices of the judge, the priest, the counsellor — W. E. Gladstone duty applies to a task or responsibility imposed by one's occupation, rank, status, or calling.it is the judicial duty of the court, to examine the whole case — R. B. Taney province applies to a function, office, or duty that naturally or logically falls to one.I felt it was not my province to inquire — Anne Brontë in 1533 |