social function

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social function - a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"

social occasion, occasion, affair, function

social event - an event characteristic of persons forming groups

party - an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"

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; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

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)

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affair affairs alcoholism celebration ceremonial ceremonial occasion ceremony door prize function fund-raiser fundraiser Hand Movements jubilation Malinowski mental impairment observance occasion party photo op			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 London, Jack View in context Before a Martian youth of either sex may attend an important social function where there is dancing, he must have become proficient in at least three dances--The Dance of Barsoom, his national dance, and the dance of his city. The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context The supper party was one of those absolute and complete successes which rarely fall to the lot of even the most carefully thought out of social functions. A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context			Social Chapter Social Charter social class social climber social club social column social contract social control Social Credit social dancer social dancing social Darwinism social democracy social democrat Social Democratic and Labour Party Social Democratic Party Social Development Commission social disease social drinker social dumping Social Education Centre social engineering social event social evolution social exclusion social function social fund social gathering social group social housing social inclusion social inquiry report social insect social insurance Social Insurance Number social intercourse social life social lion social market social movement social occasion social organisation social organization social outcast social phobia social policy social process social psychiatry social psychology social rank social realism			Social Event Monitoring Committee Social evolution Social evolutionism Social evolutionists Social exchange theory Social exclusion Social Exclusion Action Planning Network Social Exclusion and the Development of European Citizenship Social Exclusion Knowledge Network Social Exclusion Task Force Social Exclusion Unit Social Expenditure Social Expenditure Management Project Social Extension Officer social filtering Social Firms East Midlands Social Firms for Essex Social Firms South East Social Flood Vulnerability Index Social Footprint Method Social Forestry and Nature Conservation Project Social Forestry Education and Participation Social Forestry Research Unit Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries social function social functioning Social Fund Social Fund Social Fund for Development Social Fund of the Kingdom of Cambodia social funds social funds social gathering Social Gender Social Gender Associate Social good Social good Social Gospel Social Gospel movement social gospeller social gospellers Social graph Social graph social group Social Group Conflict Scale Social groups Social Habilitation And Relapse Prevention Social Hall Plaza Social Health Association of Indiana Social Health Education Development Social Health Education Development Society Social Health Impact Assessment

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