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- meaning - What is the distinction between “role” and “rôle” [with a . . .
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language gives four definitions of role, the first of which is also rôle A character or part played by a performer
- meaning - What is the origin of the phrase play a part role . . .
The meaning of “role” in the sense of “part played by a person in life” derives from French roll (of paper) on which an actor's part is written, and dates back to c 1600
- prepositions - Plays a role in or at doing something? - English . . .
If something or someone plays a part or plays a role in a situation, they are involved in it and have an effect on it They played a part in the life of their community
- Role or Roles - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The role of the two parties involved in a legal proceeding, peculiar to the adversarial system of trial, can help circumscribe whether or not a trial proceeds in a fair and unbiased fashion
- Job title vs. job role - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the difference between job title and job role? For example, from the Google documentation on rich snippets: title — The person's title (for example, Financial Manager) role — The perso
- orthography - What do the letters ï and ô mean? - English Language . . .
What is the distinction between “role” and “rôle” [with a circumflex]? What is the significance of the “ô” character in “rôle” in this work? What is the standard rule for using or not using hyphen and diaeresis on the words like reelect , reexamine, and cooperate? “Whereäs” as an alternative spelling of “whereas”
- etymology - Origin of idiom wearing the lt; role gt; hat? - English . . .
7 What is the origin of the idiom "wearing the < role > hat"? Here is an example from the post Getting things done when you wear multiple hats in PookieMD's Blog: I wear many hats, and I suppose you do as well
- Is someone granted a role said to be roled? Or rolled?
Be wary of the fact that Wiktionary gives "roled" word status It's missing from other online dictionaries, such as Merriam-Webster At best, I'd say it was an extrapolated word, which is to say that if you used it, someone would understand that you combined the word "role" with the "-ed" ending to form an adjective Actors who are given roles are said to be "casted" as such and such a
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