role

Noun
  1. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group (synset 100721817)
    "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
    is a type of: duty - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
    subtypes:
    • capacity - a specified function
    • hat - an informal term for a person's role
    • portfolio - the role of the head of a government department
    • lieu, place, position, stead - the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
    • second fiddle - a secondary role or function
    same as: function, office, part
  2. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play (synset 105937794)
    "she played the part of Desdemona"
    is a type of: characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal - acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
    subtypes:
    • bit part, minor role - a small role
    • heavy - a serious (or tragic) role in a play
    • hero - the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
    • ingenue - the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play
    • name part, title role - the role of the character after whom the play is named
    • heroine - the main good female character in a work of fiction
    • baddie, villain - the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
    same as: character, part, persona, theatrical role
  3. What something is used for (synset 105156572)
    "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
    tells us about:
    • functional - designed for or capable of a particular function or use
    • nonfunctional - not having or performing a function
    is a type of: usefulness, utility - the quality of being of practical use
    subtypes: raison d'etre - the purpose that justifies a thing's existence
    same as: function, purpose, use
  4. Normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting (synset 100723312)
    "what is your role on the team?"
    is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
    subtypes:
    • gender role - the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness
    • position - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

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