function
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Sense: Verb: operate
Synonyms:
operate, perform Collocations, run Collocations, work Collocations, be operative, be operational, be in action, be active, go Collocations
Sense: Verb: fulfill a purpose - followed by 'as'
Synonyms:
Sense: Noun: use
Synonyms:
use Collocations, purpose Collocations, application Collocations, service Collocations, point Collocations
Sense: Noun: role
Synonyms:
role Collocations, job Collocations, responsibility Collocations, capacity Collocations, position Collocations, place Collocations, appointment Collocations, purpose Collocations, task Collocations
Sense: Noun: social gathering
Synonyms:
gathering Collocations, reception Collocations, event Collocations, get-together , party Collocations, shindig , affair Collocations, dinner Collocations, charity dinner, blowout , banquet, ceremony, gala, do Collocations , social occasion
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'function' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
activity
- affair
- application
- arithmetic
- behave
- behavior
- capacity
- ceremony
- commission
- department
- do
- duty
- event
- fete
- gala
- gathering
- go
- hit
- job
- modifier
- operate
- part
- party
- perform
- portfolio
- position
- post
- reception
- responsibility
- role
- run
- serve
- social
- task
- tick
- work
- working
