Role
[rəʊl] or [rol]
Definition
(noun.) normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; 'what is your role on the team?'.
Inputed by Jules--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of philanthropist.
Checker: Stan
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Fr.] Part, character (in a play).
Checker: Selma
Definition
n. an ancient unit of quantity seventy-two sheets of parchment.
Typist: Perry
Examples
- They were being very good for the moment, playing the role perfectly of two obedient children. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This role of mind in continuous activity is not always maintained, however. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Instead, during our long residence here, he has been uniformly consistent in his role of protector and provider. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Also we still have the Brigades although their role is changing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Imitation may come in but its role is subordinate. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Consequently, we shall discuss the nature and role of imitation in the formation of mental disposition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I think, perhaps, it is almost time that I prepare for the new role I have to play. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The play was The Shaughraun, with Dion Boucicault in the title role and Harry Montague and Ada Dyas as the lovers. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Carbon plays an important and varied role in our life, and, in some one of its many forms, enters into the composition of most of the substances which are of service and value to man. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He wanted always to give me a role not mine. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He tried to play the part of the first Napoleon, without the ability to sustain that role. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Miss Corby's role was jocularity: she always entered the conversation with a handspring. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But they were not willing to play the role of police for the South in the protection of this particular institution. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Ronald