function

n.

1. Use

   employment, capacity, office, duty, faculty, role, purpose; see also use 2.

2. A social gathering

   celebration, reception, get-together; see gathering, party 1.

function is the broad, general term for the natural, required, or expected activity of a person or thing the function of the liver, of education, etc.; office, in this connection, refers to the function of a person, as determined by his position, profession, or employment the office of a priest; duty is applied to a task necessary in or appropriate to one's occupation, rank, status, etc. and carries a strong connotation of obligation the duties of a vicar; capacity refers to a specific function or status, not necessarily the usual or customary one the judge spoke to him in the capacity of a friend

function

v.