function
 I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dual role/purpose/function
▪ The bridge has a dual role, carrying both road and rail.
fulfil a role/duty/function etc
▪ A good police officer is not fulfilling his role if he neglects this vital aspect.
function key
function word
perform a function/role
▪ The two organizations perform similar functions.
serve a useful purpose/function (=be useful)
▪ Sending her to prison would serve no useful purpose.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
 ADJECTIVE
administrative
▪ In the absence of any clear division between administrative and judicial functions, even the humblest official enjoyed arbitrary power.
▪ They may be said to be exercising an administrative function.
▪ The cardinals joined in all the rapidly growing administrative and judicial functions of the papal court.
▪ There are additional administrative functions, such as the submission of a statement of affairs and the making of reports on specified matters.
▪ Routine administrative functions were sited in the free-standing towns and cities within a hundred or so miles of London. 7.
▪ Confusion also arose when schools took over administrative functions which traditionally had been located in LEAs.
▪ Robson recognized that, throughout history, courts have performed administrative functions and administrative bodies have undertaken judicial functions.
▪ Where administrative functions are not discharged by autonomous agencies, they are largely devolved to the Länder.
basic
▪ Describe briefly the basic function of the reception office, enumerating the services it provides. 6.
▪ Confiscatory taxes and overly complex tax regulations make it exceedingly difficult for small business to perform this basic function.
▪ They begin by challenging the current opinion that all peoples share basic functions of the mind such as logical and abstract abilities.
▪ When customers judge a company, they judge the totality, not the basic function.
▪ The subset containing fabliaux with lavatory humour, tales concerning basic bodily functions of excretion or flatulence, are fewer in number.
▪ It may be argued that this was not a new concept of the basic function of monarchy; perhaps so.
▪ Like Friedman, Duesenberry believed that the basic consumption function was long-run and proportional, as illustrated in Fig. 7.
▪ The combined package with the basic function of Photoshop Version 2.5, enables users to input and edit images with their computer.
bodily
▪ Bob's humour was based on everything from swearing to drug-taking and bodily functions.
▪ Any thoughts I had of eating, drinking or relieving bodily functions were forgotten.
▪ Most people consider elimination to be a very private bodily function and therefore find it an embarrassing subject to discuss with hospital staff.
▪ The intimate aspects of bodily function are more easily expressed with a person of the same gender.
▪ Their sensory perception as well as their motor responses - their behaviour - are thus totally consonant with their bodily form and function.
▪ It was the fact of having bodily functions.
▪ In many ways this day felt ordinary, too. Bodily functions went on.
▪ If the neurons control automatic bodily functions, heart rate and breathing are impaired.
different
▪ This suggests that a marked theme has an additional or different function.
▪ Each switch feels different and controls a different manipulator function.
▪ The reason is that they have different functions, which impose different constraints on their nature.
▪ But hidden from immediate viewing, they fulfill a different function.
▪ The Disney-inspired theme parks serve an only slightly different function.
▪ A cemetery and a museum are two different institutions that have different functions.
▪ The newspaper reports, however, serve a different function and illustrate the dangers of young teenage temptresses.
▪ In a metaphorical sense, different functions of the brain take place in different rooms.
dual
▪ In similar vein, dare it be said that the charitable function of Age Concern serves this dual function?
▪ For women preachers in particular, these testimony stories fulfill a dual function.
▪ It will have a dual function.
▪ Of the fifteen rotary controls that adorn the S120's front panel, all except one is dual function.
▪ This method serves a dual function - it will absorb irregularities in the existing floorboards, and also muffle sound.
▪ It was seen to derive directly from the dual functions of the state, the securing of accumulation and legitimation.
▪ As a New Town, Cramlington has always had a dual function.
▪ Hence medicine under capitalism has a dual function, both liberating and controlling.
important
▪ Its first important function as a bank is as banker to the government.
▪ This chemical has several important functions, including regulating motivation, mood and movement.
▪ The yardages for each tournament are the single most important function of a caddie.
▪ The financial work performed by budget analysts is an important function in every organization.
▪ In addition to channelling funds from depositors to borrowers, certain financial institutions have another important function.
▪ Effective control of this circulating capital is one of the most important functions of financial management.
▪ The above description clearly denotes an extremely important function.
▪ The third important function provided by the factor is the assumption of risk of bad-debt lOsses.
main
▪ The two other main functions concerned contrasting ways of judging and ordering these perceptions.
▪ Its main function was teaching, through evening classes.
▪ Describe the five main functions of money. 3.
▪ Its main function, however, appears to be to present a better image of Sri Lanka to the outside world.
▪ The main function of scholarship surely lies in keeping alive the wonderful minds, works of art and thought of earlier generations.
▪ A good starting point is a check list with sections covering criteria for acceptance by all the main company functions.
▪ Sugar was asked to change something which was peripheral to the main function of the machine.
▪ The Commission's main function is the conservation and protection of the salmon fisheries of the Foyle area.
normal
▪ The presence of HAPCs was suggestive of normal colonic function.
▪ Although such inhibition might seem counterproductive, it is actually crucial. Normal brain function depends on both excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters.
▪ But not all pretended deeds have to fall short of their normal function in order to accomplish their communicative purpose.
▪ Increased military intrusion into civilian life, with many normal police functions usurped by the Pentagon.
▪ Simply removing this stress can, in many instances, restore an individual to normal function without any other therapy being required.
▪ Analysis of normal and abnormal function of central pattern generators probably has a more general significance.
▪ Non-parallel enzyme secretion has been shown in patients with normal pancreatic function under certain stimulatory conditions.
objective
▪ Class origins are less important than the objective function of serving the interests of the ruling class.
▪ We first observe that T1 is uniquely optimal for the objective function because we would have.
▪ Similarly, there is an objective function which has T2 as its optimal tableau.
▪ In general, we will examine problems having p linear objective functions,, which we wish to maximise subject to linear constraints.
▪ However, the objective function increases if we increase any variable.
▪ To accommodate multiple objectives, we will extend the simplex tableau by including an additional objective row for each objective function.
▪ This involves specifying a goal or target value for the objective function.
▪ The up-pseudo-cost is where is the objective function value of the up-problem.
other
▪ Is it just to do with production quality control or does it also embrace marketing, accounting and other functions?
▪ It was several preceptors phasing out together, Posi later explained, that threw directional control and some other functions out of kilter.
▪ The two other main functions concerned contrasting ways of judging and ordering these perceptions.
▪ Most of the actual work of book provision is operated on an area basis - in common with other functions of the library service.
▪ Among the other functions is ruled-based message management.
▪ A second reduction of available resources is due to short term problems in other company functions.
▪ A dedicated server is one that has no other function but to act as a servant to the workstations.
▪ The laws of war may have one other function in the contemporary era - helping to harmonise standards between allies.
primary
▪ When the mouse cursor enters this menu bar the main menu is displayed which controls the 19 primary functions of MegaCAD.
▪ The specialization of functions has a dispersive effect and a primary function of government becomes that of securing co-ordination amongst the parts.
▪ Damage in this case does not compromise the primary function, that of producing traction.
▪ This space was purpose-built for exhibitions, and this should remain its primary function.
▪ The primary function of snake venom is, of course, to quieten prey before swallowing them.
▪ When economic growth depends upon spending before saving, shopping must be the primary function of the female in the consumer economy.
▪ The primary function of the Magistrates' Court is to try criminal cases.
public
▪ The administration of justice by such bodies is a public function even when all the parties to the action are non-governmental.
▪ Both individual health care coverage and core public health functions are needed to maintain health at the community level.
▪ These are essentially public law functions.
▪ There is no reason why a contractual body performing public functions should not be amenable to these remedies.
▪ Many have their public relations function handled by an outside consultancy as well as by an internal public relations officer.
▪ My own recollections begin at a public function just over 20 years ago.
▪ Equally they sustain as well as designate those who discharge public functions.
social
▪ August is a fairly quiet month in Shetland apart from social functions like sailing regattas.
▪ Laughter, he says, serves some primitive social function, not yet nailed down.
▪ Go out and mix with people - in their homes, at social functions, on public transport, in community activities.
▪ They may also additionally represent much more; they may indeed have a highly integrating social function.
▪ Much depends on the social function of labelling criminal offences, and on the particular labels chosen.
▪ What has to be specified in this explanation is the social function which all these diverse customs serve.
▪ The Playhouse is the ideal venue for your Conference, Exhibition or social function.
▪ Moving on was a prophylactic, a social cleansing function, keeping one's beat clean.
specific
▪ Some specific functions can only be conferred by an order made by the Lord Chancellor.
▪ The defining metaphor for this innovation was the biological cell, which performs specific functions and communicates with other cells.
▪ Generally fitted with one, two or three buttons which can control specific software functions.
▪ More specific functions of academic statuses might be explored.
▪ They can also change character: during development cells change from having rather unspecialized characters to mature cells with very specific functions.
▪ In universities or large school systems, responsibilities are divided among many administrators, each with a specific function.
▪ First, each is assigned to a specific function with a functional boss.
useful
▪ Yet it does perform a number of useful functions. 1.
▪ The use of categories, when those categories serve a useful function, is not questioned.
▪ We've found a tiny offshoot of imagination that once, like the appendix doubtless had some useful function.
▪ This so-called parasitic genetic material turns out to serve a useful evolutionary function.
▪ While it survived, it served a useful function in obtaining agreement on some economic questions such as currency convertibility and capital transfers.
▪ They present and practise grammar and useful language functions, such as explaining, defining and comparing.
▪ To be fair, these materials performed a useful function for a time in the propellers of Spitfires and similar aircraft.
▪ One useful function of hypotheses is that they help to indicate what data are needed for their testing.
various
▪ It comes bundled with Windows 3.1, and a proprietary front-end, which uses graphics to depict the various functions provided.
▪ The President, I was sure, was now making up his explanations of the various Citadel command-post functions.
▪ The head, if that's what it is, is crowned with a tuft of rubbery antennae serving various functions.
▪ In between, he designed software for his phone systems, which allow callers to perform various functions through a voice menu.
▪ Ministry seems to have grown up in a haphazard manner, basically in response to the need that various functions be performed.
▪ Armed with his Bumper Fun Book, the minister of Dunlop joked his way around the world at various functions.
▪ These symbols represent the various functions that are available to help you with your designing.
▪ The state has various executive functions.
NOUN
word
▪ Since words in the closed class have a syntactic rather than a semantic role in utterances they are also known as function words.
▪ The relational devices such as word order and function words are explicit ways of linking ideas.
▪ As we have seen many inappropriate parsings are constructed primarily from function words and their reduced forms.
▪ Secondly, the current technique makes no use of function words.
▪ Is it a problem of word order, government, function word, or what?
▪ The selection of a particular planning frame commits the speaker to using certain function words and affixes and not others.
▪ Why is it that content words tend to be preserved and function words omitted?
▪ This patient's verbal output consisted almost entirely of content words there were almost no function words and no grammatical structure.
VERB
fulfil
▪ Law can not fulfil this function unless the decisions of the legal institutions are binding or non-optional.
▪ In fulfilling these three functions, two duties are imposed upon the Commissioner.
▪ Where site assembly is involved, the speculator fulfils a valuable function.
▪ Such punitive gestures fulfilled the important function of maintaining mechanical solidarity at the requisite pitch.
▪ Generations of Spencer men and women have fulfilled the functions of Lord Chamberlain, equerry, lady-in-waiting and other positions at Court.
▪ We have fulfilled our biological function.
▪ It thus fulfils the affirmative function of transmission and the negative function of prevention, both of which are designated semantically.
▪ Comprehension of negative sentences is facilitated when negation is being used to fulfil one of these functions.
perform
▪ In all these senses, therefore, the exclusively training model performs no educational function at all.
▪ The defining metaphor for this innovation was the biological cell, which performs specific functions and communicates with other cells.
▪ Because stress is not available in written language, intricate syntactic devices have to be used to perform a similar function.
▪ What happens when a thing no longer performs its function?
▪ The jaw action is scissor-like and both tooth and jaw bone can perform the cutting function.
▪ McLanahan and Sandefur seem to assume, also, that only fathers can perform certain functions within the family.
▪ In addition, the tutor can advise on alternative equipment or software which will perform the required functions more quickly or more effectively.
▪ In between, he designed software for his phone systems, which allow callers to perform various functions through a voice menu.
serve
▪ The newspaper reports, however, serve a different function and illustrate the dangers of young teenage temptresses.
▪ The use of categories, when those categories serve a useful function, is not questioned.
▪ However, as a lot of the controls serve two functions, some initial confusion can arise.
▪ It passes through many of the abandoned towns that at one time served auxiliary functions to the mines of Tombstone.
▪ The development of reliable text recognition procedures would serve two important functions.
▪ When you stop to think of it, every object is similar to the umbrella, in that it serves a function.
▪ The ozone molecules are very thinly spread within this area but their fragile existence nevertheless serves a vital function to life.
▪ This so-called parasitic genetic material turns out to serve a useful evolutionary function.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Bauhaus architects thought that function was more important than form.
▪ Each basket is designed to perform a specific function, from carrying corn to holding babies.
▪ His specialist service is in constant demand for big corporate functions.
▪ Long term exercise changes the function of the heart, blood, and muscles.
▪ Part of her duties is attending official state functions.
▪ Several instructors could not answer questions about the function of a particular switch.
▪ The function of this gene is to block the uncontrolled division of cells; it therefore prevents the development of cancer.
▪ The Great Hall is available for weddings and other social functions.
▪ The Lavender Room can be booked for functions or parties.
▪ The main function of the bars is to protect the driver's legs.
▪ What is the function of literature in our society?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Hepatic damage has also been reported; thus, periodic liver functions should be done.
▪ Kerberos may be adequate for those who do not need the more robust functions and properties of public-key systems.
▪ Oral fluids are introduced gradually until a normal level is reached. 4 Once bowel function returns diet is gradually re-introduced.
▪ The defining metaphor for this innovation was the biological cell, which performs specific functions and communicates with other cells.
▪ The part of the job he liked best was standing up at grand civic functions and bathing in the applause.
▪ This reflects the Society's function to monitor and maintain the highest professional standards.
▪ This teaching function, though, declined sharply after 1380 with the establishment of Durham College at Oxford.
▪ Yet it does perform a number of useful functions. 1.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
correctly
▪ In Mr Warren's case, the intoximeter at the police station did not function correctly and so samples were required.
▪ Other errors are unlikely to cause any damage - the supply will simply not function correctly.
▪ Her brain wasn't functioning correctly.
effectively
▪ The difficulty was that the courts were unable to function effectively.
▪ Public scepticism and opposition had to be overcome before the system could function effectively, he said.
▪ Many new organizations and businesses have been, to lesser and greater degrees, designed to function effectively in this volatile climate.
▪ Such open-mindedness is an essential part of the missionary gift which the Church needs in order to function effectively in any cross-cultural situation.
▪ Second, we believe that civilized society can not function effectively without effective government-something that is all too rare today.
▪ However, without all this the infantry's most vital asset, the soldier, does not function effectively.
▪ In order for the dialogue to function effectively, there are rules of procedure which all participants have to accept.
independently
▪ The other side of the movie is structured by a choreography that seems to function independently of the screenplay.
▪ A person who has been successful in separating psychologically from parents is equipped to function independently in both play and work.
normally
▪ It may be that that individual does not function normally as a consequence of the sensory deprivation.
▪ Collagen normally functions like steel reinforcing rods in a concrete structure.
▪ In the past most of us have been unaware of these signs and that is why our body ceases to function normally.
▪ Provided the liver is functioning normally, the amount of dye retained after 45 minutes should be less than 6 percent.
▪ A biopsy of brain tissue detected the presence of toxoplasmosis, which is relatively harmless in people with normally functioning immune systems.
▪ But they functioned normally on the farm, he said.
▪ Perhaps she would never again be able to function normally.
▪ Cocaine users often feel as though they need the drug to relieve themselves of the tired feeling and to function normally.
perfectly
▪ Most modern computers will function perfectly well over short cable lengths at these reduced signal levels.
properly
▪ The monetary role enabled the coin to function properly as a coin by ensuring that it circulated smoothly and without interruption.
▪ About two-thirds of all collisions at state public crossings actually occur where everything is functioning properly.
▪ Pull one part out and all of the others cease to function properly.
▪ The bacteria can enter the bloodstream, but are usually quickly destroyed when antibodies and the immune system function properly.
▪ Thanks to a sound system that fails to function properly, Kevin's words of diseased warning and wisdom are indecipherable.
▪ Impairment describes parts or systems of the body which do not function properly such as hearing or sight.
▪ It is this secondary mandate which ensures that our bi-cameral system can properly function.
▪ For nearly 45 years, it was unable to function properly because it became a political battleground in the Cold War.
still
▪ We must assume that creatures whose machines still function after three million years may build a society equally long-lasting.
▪ I could still function out in the provinces, where local political barons had their own media agendas.
▪ Often seen in the movies, this 1924 building across from MacArthur Park still functions as a hotel.
▪ Even if every adenosine receptor in your brain were blocked by caffeine, you could still function.
well
▪ No hospital can function well without receptionists, cleaners, administrators, porters and all the other ancillary staff.
▪ This final, preferred mode of response is much more likely to keep your immune system functioning well.
▪ The company was functioning well as a business entity and making inroads all the time creatively.
▪ He ensured that our institutions functioned well.
▪ One person may function well in most areas of life, but be paranoid and hostile in certain circumstances.
▪ I just could not function well in an adversarial role.
NOUN
ability
▪ There was no difference in the 1, 700 patients' ability to function or in their death rates.
body
▪ In the past most of us have been unaware of these signs and that is why our body ceases to function normally.
▪ Impairment describes parts or systems of the body which do not function properly such as hearing or sight.
brain
▪ There was grief and shock, but another part of his brain was functioning - the reporter's.
▪ Her brain wasn't functioning correctly.
▪ Was it her fault if her brain wouldn't function at a normal level?
▪ Neural network efforts pay more attention to how the brain functions.
▪ His brain functioned, but on a detached, robotic level.
family
▪ The two families function as one.
▪ The object was to keep the family functioning as normally as possible, and for many families it worked.
government
▪ Dole has promised to seek a balanced budget by 2002, but he also realizes that the government must continue to function.
▪ But at least the government is functioning.
▪ We want our government to function in a manner befitting the last superpower on earth.
▪ The proposed charter is a combination of paranoia, elitism, staff manipulation and basic ignorance about how government really functions.
group
▪ To no other group of soldiers functioning in this period was leadership a factor of such prime importance.
▪ The groups can function like political campaigns or professional sports teams, carrying their own psychic rewards.
▪ It took a year to train a group of people to function as the general managers.
▪ If it stops producing, large numbers of other units whose work follows from this group can not function.
level
▪ Is that ambition functioning at a high level or is it just a sense of obligation or is it idealism?
▪ Was it her fault if her brain wouldn't function at a normal level?
▪ The real distribution of power describes the allocation of power and functions across these levels of government.
society
▪ Remove her, and the rest of the society ceases to function.
▪ It will not be eager to initiate those steps which would enable that society to function in unmanageable or unexpected ways.
▪ Second, we believe that civilized society can not function effectively without effective government-something that is all too rare today.
system
▪ So faster wage rises were needed if the system was to function smoothly.
▪ Public scepticism and opposition had to be overcome before the system could function effectively, he said.
▪ Thanks to a sound system that fails to function properly, Kevin's words of diseased warning and wisdom are indecipherable.
▪ The system functions as a turnkey management solution to service providers, making their operation more efficient and profitable.
▪ It is this secondary mandate which ensures that our bi-cameral system can properly function.
▪ This final, preferred mode of response is much more likely to keep your immune system functioning well.
way
▪ Want was all he could do, for his body had long ago ceased to function in that way.
▪ I intend for these appendices to function in a similar way.
▪ Elements of behaviour like these can function in a similar way to eye contact.
▪ The White House initiative functioned in this way not as a mandate but as a disincentive.
▪ First of all, an orchestra, if it is functioning in the best way, is a creative unit.
▪ Others function in new ways that allow for different physical laws.
▪ The market is said to function in the following way.
▪ Nor do they all function in the same way.
VERB
allow
▪ With certain limited exceptions all care provisions require a permit by the youth department in order to be allowed to function.
▪ While the confederation is technically illegal, it has been allowed to function openly.
▪ Within schools, structures and procedures must be created which discriminate between management and leadership and allow each to function appropriately.
begin
▪ It must be remembered that once these batteries are inserted into the transmitter they begin to function.
▪ Once the school began functioning smoothly, Friedman turned his attention to the blacker side of the organization: interception and solution.
cease
▪ In the past most of us have been unaware of these signs and that is why our body ceases to function normally.
▪ She stood as if her body had ceased to function, her thoughts fixated on her cozy, smoky kang.
▪ Want was all he could do, for his body had long ago ceased to function in that way.
▪ Moreover, the assessment tests had ceased to function as barriers to the remedial curriculum on many campuses.
▪ It stopped, ceased to function.
▪ In Brixton consultative machinery involving the police and community leaders had ceased to function.
▪ Pull one part out and all of the others cease to function properly.
▪ Woolton told Churchill his supervisory role had largely ceased to function.
continue
▪ How they might continue to function is, however, a different matter.
▪ Dole has promised to seek a balanced budget by 2002, but he also realizes that the government must continue to function.
▪ A compromise must be reached if the organization is to continue to function.
▪ In 1978, when the factory moved, the union was officially dissolved although it continued to function secretly.
▪ He suffered several illnesses while president, although he continued to function adequately.
▪ It was this rivalry that allowed the bank to continue to function after the Tampa arrests, much to Mazur's disgust.
▪ By adaptability I mean the ability of a system to continue to function in the face of an uncertain or unknown environment.
enable
▪ The monetary role enabled the coin to function properly as a coin by ensuring that it circulated smoothly and without interruption.
▪ It will not be eager to initiate those steps which would enable that society to function in unmanageable or unexpected ways.
▪ Ultimately, only the strength of the denial system enables the sufferer to function at all.
▪ There are four interacting systems within the organism's black box that enable it to function effectively.
▪ And to enable coinage to function smoothly it must be properly controlled by that authority.
▪ He would understand in detail the working of the mechanism of the clock, which enables it to function as it does.
fail
▪ Thanks to a sound system that fails to function properly, Kevin's words of diseased warning and wisdom are indecipherable.
▪ Thursday, the supertitles failed to function through much of the first act.
keep
▪ This final, preferred mode of response is much more likely to keep your immune system functioning well.
▪ The object was to keep the family functioning as normally as possible, and for many families it worked.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Ancient Egyptians used herbs to help the stomach function naturally.
▪ The alarm system was not functioning when the paintings were stolen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ About two-thirds of all collisions at state public crossings actually occur where everything is functioning properly.
▪ As well as not functioning in a submersed situation, dying cells, releasing adverse substances will pollute the water.
▪ But the land lab continues to function as a base for their operations.
▪ Cocaine users often feel as though they need the drug to relieve themselves of the tired feeling and to function normally.
▪ Even if your memory starts functioning by then the forecast is diabolical.
▪ It is worthwhile stating the obvious, that biosensors do not function for ever and will fail eventually.
▪ This is a real, functioning dictionary, an astonishingly impressive work of reference and research, however you look at it.
function
I. func‧tion1 S3 W1 AC /ˈfʌŋkʃən/ noun
[Word Family: noun: function, functionality; verb: function; adverb: functionally; adjective: functional]
[date : 1500-1600; Language : Latin; Origin : functio, from fungi 'to perform']
1. [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]
the purpose that something has, or the job that someone or something does
perform/fulfil a function
▪ In your new job you will perform a variety of functions.
▪ The church fulfils a valuable social function.
▪ The nervous system regulates our bodily functions (=eating, breathing, going to the toilet etc).
▪ Bauhaus architects thought that function was more important than form.
2. [COUNTABLE]
a large party or official event:
▪ This room may be hired for weddings and other functions.
3. [COUNTABLE USUALLY SINGULAR]
technical a quantity or quality whose value changes according to another quantity or quality that is related to it:
▪ The degree of drought is largely a function of temperature and drainage.
4. [COUNTABLE]
one of the basic operations performed by a computer
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THESAURUS
▪party a social event when a lot of people meet together to enjoy themselves by eating, drinking, dancing etc :
▪ We’re having a party for Sarah’s 40th birthday.
▪ I met my boyfriend at a party.
▪get-together an informal party :
▪ Christmas is the perfect time for a family get-together.
▪ball a large formal party where people dance :
▪ the end of term ball
▪rave a large party which is held outside or in an empty building, where people dance to music and take illegal drugs
▪reception a large formal party, especially one after a wedding or to welcome an important person :
▪ The wedding reception is at a nearby hotel.
▪ a reception for the Thai Foreign Minister
▪ They attended a White House reception to mark the Queen’s visit.
▪function a large formal or official party :
▪ He has been asked to play at many corporate functions (=an official party held by a company).
▪celebration a party or special event that is organized in order to celebrate something :
▪ the country’s 50th anniversary celebrations
▪ It was a 21st birthday celebration which Mary would never forget.
▪bash informal a party, especially a big one that a lot of famous people go to – used especially in journalism :
▪ the star’s birthday bash
▪ a picture of him at a Hollywood bash
▪ a showbiz bash
▪do British English informal a party :
▪ We’re having a do to celebrate Margaret’s birthday.
▪dinner party a party where people are invited to someone’s house for an evening meal :
▪ I met him at a dinner party.
▪house-warming (party) a party that you have when you move into a new house :
▪ We’re having a house-warming next week.
▪cocktail party (also drinks party British English) a party that people go to in order to talk and have a drink together for a few hours
▪fancy-dress party British English, costume party American English a party where people dress in special clothes, for example to look like a famous person or a character in a story
▪hen party especially British English a social event just before a wedding, for a woman who is getting married and her female friends
▪stag night British English, bachelor party American English a social event just before a wedding, for a man who is getting married and his male friends
▪baby/wedding shower American English an event at which people give presents to a woman who is going to have a baby or get married
II. function2 AC verb [INTRANSITIVE]
[Word Family: noun: function, functionality; verb: function; adverb: functionally; adjective: functional]
1. to work in the correct or intended way SYN operate
function normally/correctly/properly etc
▪ Flights in and out of Taipei are functioning normally again.
▪ Her legs have now ceased to function.
▪ You know I can’t function (=cannot perform normal activities) without a coffee in the morning.
REGISTER
In everyday English, people usually say that something works rather than functions:
▪ If the system is working as it should, you’ll be paid within two weeks.
2. if something functions in a particular way, it works in that way:
▪ an understanding of how the economy functions
function as something phrasal verb
if something functions as a particular thing, it does what that type of thing normally does, or is used as that thing:
▪ A library is functioning as a temporary hospital to cope with casualties.
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