role

«role» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a part that an actor plays in a film, play or show — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a role, roles)

meaning for a pupil

1) A role is a part that an actor plays in a film, play or show. tree →

2) A role is a job, position or purpose someone or something has, like the role of a captain. tree →

3) A role is how important something is in a situation, as in "play a big role". tree →

sense in the lessons

In drama, pupils get roles in the school play and do role play to act out situations; in safety lessons, role play helps practise saying no. In science, things have roles (the role of the heart is to pump blood). In everyday life a role model is someone you look up to. Phrases: "play a role", "the lead role", "role play", "role model", "take on a role", "role reversal".

examples

• The text is intimately concerned with the role of language in the Work of Creation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• In the above explained system of notation from which our system of notation originated, the principle of position (place value) plays an important role. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• I got the role of the wolf in the school play. tree →
• What is the role of the heart in the body? tree →
• My big sister is my role model. tree →
• In role play, we practised what to do if a stranger asks us to go with them. tree →
• Exercise plays an important role in staying healthy. tree →
• Her role in the team is goalkeeper. tree →
• Mum took on the role of class rep this year. tree →

note

Countable: a role, roles. Homophone: roll (a bread roll, or to turn over and over). "Role" for a part; "roll" for movement or bread. Some old texts spell it "rôle".

In the corpora

• Most actors are not famous; many do small roles, adverts and voice work, and face many auditions and rejections.
• Cousins who grow up close can be as close as siblings, or a role model you look up to.
• An older cousin can be a role model, like a big brother or sister.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «role» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.