Background for role

role

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A character or part played by a performer or actor.

Examples :

"Her dream was to get a role in a Hollywood movie, no matter how small."

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The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.

Examples :

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

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The function or position of something.

Examples :

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

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

Examples :

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

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

Examples :

"In the sentence "The dog chased the ball," the word "dog" plays the role of subject. "

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

Examples :

"The student defined the role of the "display" component in the program as an interface for interacting with the user. "

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An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.

Examples :

"The historian counted the parchment in roles to estimate how many pages the manuscript contained. "

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