Synonyms: 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
Similar words: duty
Definition: work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
Usage: the duties of the job
Synonyms: 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?
Similar words: usefulness, utility
Definition: the quality of being of practical use
Synonyms: function, routine, subprogram, subroutine, procedure
Definition: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Similar words: software, software package, software program, software system, package, computer software
Definition: (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory
Usage: the market for software is expected to expand
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: social event
Definition: an event characteristic of persons forming groups
Synonyms: function
Definition: a formal or official social gathering or ceremony
Usage: it was a black-tie function
Similar words: social affair, social gathering
Definition: a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: relation
Definition: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Synonyms: 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)
Similar words: mathematical relation
Definition: a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality)
Definition: perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function
Usage: His wife officiated as his private secretary
Similar words: serve
Definition: do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
Usage: He served as head of the department for three years; She served in Congress for two terms
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
Similar words: suffice, do, answer, serve
Definition: be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
Usage: A few words would answer; This car suits my purpose well; Will $100 do?; A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school; Nothing else will serve