nounπShareA character or part played by a performer or actor."Her dream was to get a role in a Hollywood movie, no matter how small."entertainmentliteratureartcharacterstageessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe expected behaviour of an individual in a society."The role of women has changed significantly in the last century."societyhumancultureorganizationessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe function or position of something."Local volunteers played an important role in cleaning the beach after the oil spill."functionpositionjobessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareDesignation 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."jobpositionorganizationbusinesssocietyfunctionessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(grammar) The function of a word in a phrase."In the sentence "The dog chased the ball," the word "dog" plays the role of subject. "grammarlinguisticslanguagewordessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareIn the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain."The student defined the role of the "display" component in the program as an interface for interacting with the user. "computingtechnicallanguagetechnologyfunctionwordessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment."The historian counted the parchment in roles to estimate how many pages the manuscript contained. "historywritingstationeryamountunitessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading