Meaning

7 senses
  1. 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.

    Rolle

    рольrolʹ

    рольrolʹ

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

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

    Rolle

    рольrolʹ

  3. The function or position of something.

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

    What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?

    Rolle, Aufgabe, Funktion

    до́лжностьdólžnostʹ

  4. 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. The function of a word in a phrase.

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

  7. (historical)An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.

More definitions
  • normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
  • an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
  • what something is used for
  • the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

Examples

499 sentences
  1. She has an important role in our organization.

    У неї важлива роль у нашій організації. — deniko

    deSie spielt in unserer Organisation eine wichtige Rolle. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Who'll play the role of the princess?

    Хто гратиме роль принцеси? — deniko

  3. What's your favorite role-playing game?

    ruКакая твоя любимая ролевая игра? — awiz

    deWas ist dein Lieblingsrollenspiel? — moskbnea

  4. Tom is a bad role model.

    ruТом - плохой пример для подражания. — marafon

  5. You're a good role model, Tom.

    deDu bist ein gutes Vorbild, Tom. — Trinkschokolade

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
character or part:
Русский
By meaning 2
character or part:
the function or position of something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
character or part:
the function or position of something:

Origin

From French rôle, from Middle French rolle, from Old French role, from Medieval Latin rotu

From French rôle, from Middle French rolle, from Old French role, from Medieval Latin rotulus. Doublet of roll and rotulus.

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Forms

plural: roles
Singularrole
Pluralroles

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

20 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • role model
  • good role model
  • bad role model
  • a bad role
  • bad role
  • good role

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
role — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto