SOCIAL FUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does social function mean? 

• SOCIAL FUNCTION (noun)
  The noun SOCIAL FUNCTION has 1 sense:

1. a vaguely specified social event

  Familiarity information: SOCIAL FUNCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCIAL FUNCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vaguely specified social event

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

affair; function; occasion; social function; social occasion

Context example:

a seemingly endless round of social functions

Hypernyms ("social function" is a kind of...):

social event (an event characteristic of persons forming groups)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social function"):

party (an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment)

celebration; jubilation (a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event)

ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)

fundraiser (a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money)

photo op; photo opportunity (an occasion that lends itself to (or is deliberately arranged for) taking photographs that provide favorable publicity for those who are photographed)

sleepover (an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children))

 Context examples 

A 30-item, self-report questionnaire designed to measure physical and social function along with symptom impact associated with musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb.

(Disabilities of the Arm Shoulder and Hand Outcome Measure, NCI Thesaurus)

It was a pleasant evening indeed, and we voted that as a social function on Endeavour Island it had not yet been eclipsed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)