role

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 153.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A character or part played by a performer or actor.

   My neighbor was the lead role in last year's village play.

2. noun The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.

   The role of women has changed significantly in the last century.

3. noun The function or position of something.

   Local volunteers played an important role in cleaning the beach after the oil spill.

4. noun Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, or privileges

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

5. noun The function of a word in a phrase.
6. noun In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
7. noun An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.

Similar words

persona character function purpose use part office theatrical role role-play gig

Often followed by

of in as for and is to that played

Word family

roles rôle