function office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
role | normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting, what is your role on the team? |
gender role | the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness, your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity |
function purpose role use | what something is used for, the function of an auger is to bore holes, ballet is beautiful but what use is it? |
character role theatrical role part persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, she played the part of Desdemona |
bit part minor role | a small role |
title role name part | the role of the character after whom the play is named |
semantic role participant role | (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause |
affected role patient role patient | the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
agentive role agent | the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
benefactive role beneficiary | the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
instrumental role instrument | the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process |
locative role locative | the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb |
recipient role recipient | the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
resultant role result | the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause |
temporal role temporal | the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb |
actor histrion player thespian role player | a theatrical performer |
b imposter impostor pretender fake faker fraud sham shammer pseudo pseud role player | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
model role model | someone worthy of imitation, every child needs a role model |
behavioral behavioural | of or relating to behavior, behavioral sciences |