Background for roles

roles

/ɹəʊlz/ /ɹoʊlz/

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noun

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."

entertainment character literature art

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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."

society culture human position organization

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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."

position function job organization society

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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."

job business organization society function position work

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

Examples :

"In the sentence "The cat sat on the mat," the words have different roles: "cat" is the subject, "sat" is the verb, and "mat" is the object. "

grammar linguistics language word

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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 :

"In Raku programming, a `Student` class and a `Teacher` class can both use `roles` like `Callable` or `Serializable` to add extra behaviors without making them share a direct inheritance relationship. "

computing technology language system technical

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An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.

Examples :

"The scribe carefully counted out three roles of parchment for the royal decree. "

number history writing amount unit