role

/ษนษ™สŠl/

IPA: /R OW1 L/

noun
  1. 1

    A character or part played by a performer or actor.

    โ€œHer dream was to get a role in a Hollywood movie, no matter how small.โ€

  2. 2

    The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.

    โ€œThe role of women has changed significantly in the last century.โ€

  3. 3

    The function or position of something.

    โ€œLocal volunteers played an important role in cleaning the beach after the oil spill.โ€

  4. 4

    Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and attitudes

    โ€œThe project manager role is responsible for ensuring that everyone on the team knows and executes his or her assigned tasks.โ€

  5. 5

    (grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.

  6. 6

    In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.

noun
  1. 1

    An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.

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