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Noun: role  rówl
  1. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
    "play its role";
    - function, office, part
     
  2. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
    "she played the role of Desdemona";
    - character, theatrical role, part, persona
     
  3. What something is used for
    "the role of an auger is to bore holes";
    - function, purpose, use
     
  4. Normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
    "what is your role on the team?"

Sounds like: roe, ro, rol

Derived forms: roles

See also: functional, nonfunctional

Type of: activity, characterization, duty, enactment, personation, portrayal, usefulness, utility

Encyclopedia: Role, West Pomeranian Voivodeship