role
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- noun
- /roʊl/
- In the play, she delivered a stunning performance in the role of a tragic heroine.
- play the role
- take on the role
- perform a role
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Watch on YouTubeMy first big, big role is the role that I created myself.
- My first big, big role is the role that I created myself.
- I want to prepare myself for a role of high school maths tutor.
- One of the reasons she got the role as Cassandra Ingles.
- I just played the best damn maid role written.
- And can they can they give us good roles that actors want?
- So they they took all those roles and they gave them to white actors.
- Justin Timberlake was considered for the role of Elton John in Rocket Man.
- The notebook played a big role in getting me the role of Corny Collins.
- I played the role, I played the role and I was doing my thing.
Examples
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What's your favorite role that your dad has ever played?
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Well, it's a role I was born to play.
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You have played roles mostly that are very powerful.
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Alexander, this is the role of a lifetime.
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It was my first starring role.
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He auditioned for this small role and killed it.
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One of the reasons she got the role as Cassandra Ingles.
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The notebook played a big role in getting me the role of Corny Collins.
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His first Broadway role.
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He is known for his ability to immerse himself completely in the role of a villain.
Synonyms
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A person in a story, play, or film
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A person's role in a group or activity
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A role an actor plays in a play or film
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A character an actor plays in a play or stage show
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A thing used by a person to do something, like a key used to open a door
- Specialized
The part a word has in a sentence, for example doing the action or being affected by it
- Specialized
The job a noun phrase has with the main verb, like the doer or the one affected
How Prominent
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- Jargon
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Role comes from an old word for a paper roll that listed an actor's lines. So a role became the part an actor plays.