| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The proper activity of a person or thing: job, purpose, role, task. See DO. 2. A large or important social gathering: affair, celebration, festivity, fete, gala, occasion, party, soiree. Informal : do. Slang : bash. See GROUP, WORK. | | VERB: | 1. To perform the duties of another: act, officiate, serve. See DO, SUBSTITUTE. 2. To react in a specified way: act, behave, operate, perform, work. See ACTION. 3. To perform a function effectively: go, operate, run, take, work. See THRIVE.
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