function
noun
[ ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n ]
• an activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing.
• "bridges perform the function of providing access across water"
Similar:
purpose,
task,
use,
role,
reason,
basis,
justification,
responsibility,
duty,
concern,
province,
aim,
activity,
assignment,
obligation,
charge,
chore,
job,
errand,
mission,
detail,
undertaking,
commission,
capacity,
post,
situation,
office,
occupation,
employment,
business,
operation,
raison d'être,
line of country,
thing,
bag,
pigeon,
• a relation or expression involving one or more variables.
• "the function (bx + c)"
• a thing dependent on another factor or factors.
• "class shame is a function of social power"
• a large or formal social event or ceremony.
• "he was obliged to attend party functions"
Similar:
social event,
party,
occasion,
social occasion,
affair,
gathering,
reception,
soirée,
celebration,
jamboree,
gala,
levee,
do,
bash,
shindig,
shindy,
blowout,
rave-up,
thrash,
knees-up,
jolly,
beanfeast,
bunfight,
beano,
lig,
function
verb
• work or operate in a proper or particular way.
• "her liver is functioning normally"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French fonction, from Latin functio(n- ), from fungi ‘perform’.
