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Role Play Traditional Preventing I Teacher Refused Marriages

Word role
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / rəʊl / NAmE / roʊl /
Example
  • the role of the teacher in the classroom
  • she refused to take on the traditional woman's role.
  • in many marriages there has been a complete role reversal (= change of roles) with the man staying at home and the woman going out to work.
  • it is one of the greatest roles she has played.
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role

(noun)BrE / rəʊl / NAmE / roʊl /
  1. the function or position that somebody has or is expected to have in an organization, in society or in a relationship
    • the role of the teacher in the classroom
    • She refused to take on the traditional woman's role.
    • In many marriages there has been a complete role reversal (= change of roles) with the man staying at home and the woman going out to work.
  2. an actor’s part in a play, film/movie, etc.
    • It is one of the greatest roles she has played.
    • Who is in the leading role (= the most important one)?
  3. the degree to which somebody/something is involved in a situation or an activity and the effect that they have on it
    • the role of diet in preventing disease
    • The media play a major role in influencing people's opinions.
    • a key/vital role

    Extra Examples

    • A cup of tea often serves an important social role.
    • Dean Ely sings the title role.
    • Economic factors played a decisive role in the outcome of the war.
    • Ethan Hawke does a solid job in a thankless role.
    • Every member of staff must have a clear role.
    • He addressed the role of tradition in design.
    • He assumed a conspicuous role at the new arts agency.
    • He filled several governmental roles.
    • He has been cast in the role of chief apologist for the government.
    • He has the starring role in the movie.
    • He is looking for ways to strengthen his role in the business.
    • He is trying to carve out a new role for himself.
    • He may have to settle for a backup role.
    • He really wants to fulfil his role as godfather properly.
    • He was very good in the role.
    • I accepted the executive editor role at the magazine.
    • I feel I can fit any role this team needs me to.
    • I’ve had to take on the role of mother in her absence.
    • In the series, Smith assumes the role of the go-between.
    • It took her three years to land her first film role.
    • John’s playing the leading role in this year’s play.
    • Lee began to get big roles in movies.
    • Many staff perform multiple roles.
    • Migrant workers played a central role in the state’s prosperity.
    • Most of the original cast are reprising their roles.
    • Politicians acknowledge the key roles that young people play in the country.
    • Pressure groups played a major role in bringing about the reforms.
    • Regional managers occupy a crucial role in developing a strategic framework.
    • Sbaraglia handles this difficult role well.
    • She embraced her role as ruler of the country.
    • She has a dual role as principal and French teacher.
    • She has joined the team in a consultative role.
    • She interprets the role as more tragic than I expected.
    • She sings the title role in Tosca.
    • Small businesses have a substantial role to play in keeping the economy buoyant.
    • Supervising elections is a possible role for the UN.
    • The authors emphasized the role of the slave trade in the economic development of the New World.
    • The caregiving role is still overwhelmingly a female one.
    • The fighting has prevented the UN troops from fulfilling their role as peacekeepers.
    • The new prime minister promised a greater role for women in government.
    • The paper examines the role of various institutions.
    • The supporting roles are filled by British actors.
    • Their brother plays a protective role.
    • They decided to expand the role that new technologies play at the hospital.
    • They have to be willing to accept their roles as caregivers and not managers.
    • This is the plum role in the play.
    • This role conflict can quickly escalate.
    • Thomas downplays the role of these letters as historical evidence.
    • Traditional gender roles are reversed in their household.
    • Walken carefully underplays the role.
    • We are waiting to see if he can handle an expanded role.
    • We need to better understand the role of cold regions in the global climate system.
    • We need to find a useful role for the volunteers in the campaign.
    • We will meet with them to determine individual roles.
    • a clearly defined role within the group
    • a starring female role
    • an area where national rivalries play a powerful role
    • essays that question gender roles in a patriarchal culture
    • her conflicting roles as mother and manager of a large company
    • methods for exploring gender role expectations
    • one of his stereotypical action hero roles
    • the chance to sink her teeth into the meaty role of femme fatale Margaret
    • the economic role of small towns
    • the expanded role of the federal government
    • the limited role of women in the church
    • the opportunity to assume a leadership role within your organization
    • the specific role of calcium in preventing disease
    • the teacher’s role as instructor
    • the views prevalent in society about female roles
    • He stressed the role of diet in preventing disease.
    • In many marriages there has been a complete role reversal with the man staying at home and the woman going out to work.
    • Parents have a vital role to play in preventing accidents in the home.
    • Playing the role of Hamlet is an immense challenge for the actor.
    • She refused to take on the traditional woman’s role.
    • The media play a major role in influencing people’s opinions.
    • This report examines the role of the teacher in the classroom.
    • Who is in the leading role?

    Word Origin

    • early 17th cent.: from obsolete French roule ‘roll’, referring originally to the roll of paper on which the actor's part was written.
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