ROLE


Meaning of ROLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ roʊl ]

( roles)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

If you have a role in a situation or in society, you have a particular position and function in it.

...the drug’s role in preventing more serious effects of infection...

Both sides have roles to play.

N-COUNT : with supp , oft N in/of/as n

2.

A role is one of the characters that an actor or singer can play in a film, play, or opera.

She has just landed the lead role in The Young Vic’s latest production...

N-COUNT : usu with supp

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