role meaning
EN[ɹəʊl] [-əʊl]US
WRole
- A role (also rôle or social role) is a set of connected behaviours, rights, obligations, beliefs, and norms as conceptualised by people in a social situation.
- The division of labour in society takes the form of the interaction among heterogeneous specialised positions, we call roles.
- Social roles included appropriate and permitted forms of behaviour, guided by social norms, which are commonly known and hence determine the expectations for appropriate behaviour in these roles.
- Roles are occupied by individuals, who are called actors.
EN rôle
- NounPLrolesSUF-ole
- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- My neighbor was the lead role in last year's village play.
- Her dream was to get a role in a Hollywood movie, no matter how small.
- The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- The role of women has changed significantly in the last century.
- The function or position of something.
- Local volunteers played an important role in cleaning the beach after the oil spill.
- What rôle does the wax in your earhole fulfill?
- Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
- The project manager role is responsible for ensuring that everyone on the team knows and executes his or her assigned tasks.
- (grammar): The function of a word in a phrase.
- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Another possible physiological role for a hyperpolarization-activated inward current could be in the postburst hyperpolarization that is characteristic of parasol cells.
- Although neutrophils play a crucial role in fighting acute infections and clearing pathogens, these cells also contribute to tissue immunopathology due to their histotoxic capacity.
- The actress' role in the acclaimed drama finally put her on the map.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Such as when α-1,3-glucan is injected alone into the mice, it stimulates the host immune response and consequently has an antifumigatus development role.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of role in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary