All 5 Uses of
function
in
1984 by Orwell
- It was a half-page torn out of The Times of about ten years earlier — the top half of the page, so that it included the date — and it contained a photograph of the delegates at some Party function in New York.
p. 78..2 (definition 1) *function = event
- For if leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty would become literate and would learn to think for themselves; and when once they had done this, they would sooner or later realize that the privileged minority had no function, and they would sweep it away.
p. 190..4 (definition 2)function = purpose
- It was still true that men were not equal in their native talents and that functions had to be specialized in ways that favoured some individuals against others; but there was no longer any real need for class distinctions or for large differences of wealth.
p. 204..0 (definition 2)functions = jobs
- His function is to act as a focusing point for love, fear, and reverence, emotions which are more easily felt towards an individual than towards an organization.
p. 208..4 (definition 2) *function = job
- It was another copy of the photograph of Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford at the party function in New York, which he had chanced upon eleven years ago and promptly destroyed.
p. 247..0 (definition 1)function = event
Definitions:
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(1) (function as in: I'm attending a function tonight) a social event or ceremony -- especially one attended for work or out of a sense of duty
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(2) (function as in: Its main function is to...) purpose, job, or natural activity