Main entry: part, office, function, role
Definition: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
Usage: the function of a teacher; the government must do its part; play its role
Main entry: use, purpose, role, function
Definition: what something is used for
Usage: the function of an auger is to bore holes; ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
Main entry: function, routine, subprogram, subroutine, procedure
Definition: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Main entry: social function, social occasion, occasion, affair, function
Definition: a vaguely specified social event
Usage: the party was quite an affair; an occasion arranged to honor the president; a seemingly endless round of social functions
Main entry: function
Definition: a formal or official social gathering or ceremony
Usage: it was a black-tie function
Main entry: function
Definition: a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
Usage: height is a function of age; price is a function of supply and demand
Main entry: map, mapping, mathematical function, function, single-valued function
Definition: (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
Main entry: function, officiate
Definition: perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function
Usage: His wife officiated as his private secretary
Main entry: operate, run, work, go, function
Definition: perform as expected when applied
Usage: The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in; Does this old car still run well?; This old radio doesn't work anymore
Definition: serve a purpose, role, or function
Usage: The tree stump serves as a table; The female students served as a control group; This table would serve very well; His freedom served him well; The table functions as a desk