rolerole /rəʊl $ roʊl/ ●●● S2 W1 AWL noun [countable] 
women’s role in society the role of diet in the prevention of diseaserole of They want to limit the role of government.2the character played by an actor in a play or film SYN partrole of Matthews plays the role of a young doctor suspected of murder.the lead/leading/starring role (=the most important role) A young actor named Johnny Depp was given the leading role.major/minor role It was Johansson's first major movie role.the title role (=the role of the character whose name is in the title of a film or play) The film features Paul Schofield in the title role.3role reversal a situation in which two people, especially a man and a woman, each do what is traditionally expected of the otherCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1verbsplay/have a role· He played a prominent role in the company’s success.take on a role (also assume a role formal) (=start having it)· Mr Jones took on the role of spokesperson for the organization.take a role· Britain began to take a more active role in the affairs of Europe.give somebody a role· Health experts should be given a key role in developing the correct procedures.cast somebody in a role written (=give someone a role, especially one they do not want)· He found himself cast in the role of guide and translator.adjectivesan important/major role· She played an important role in her husband’s political career.a key/central role· The report recognized the key role of teachers.a vital/crucial/essential role· Every member of the team has a vital role to play.an active role (=when you do practical things to achieve particular aims)· She took an active role in the community.a leading role (=the most important role)· They take a leading role in discussions.a significant role· Technology is already playing a significant role in classroom teaching.a prominent role· The military has played a prominent role in Burmese politics.a dual role (=when someone or something does two things)· People have dual roles in society as producers and consumers.somebody’s traditional role (=one based on ideas that have existed for a long time, without changing)· Some women are happy with their traditional role as carers.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbsplay a role· She was the first actress to play the role of Peter Pan.have a role· His son has a small role in the series.take a role· In the end, I decided not to take the role.land a role (=be given a role)· In 1982 he landed a role in the musical 'Destry Rides Again'.cast somebody in a role (=give them a role)· Television producers would not cast her in lead roles.adjectivesa major/big role· It was his first major role.a minor/small role· He has had small roles in several other films.the lead/leading role (=the most important role)· He had already cast Tom Hanks in the lead role.a starring role (=one of the most important roles)· She was offered the starring role in a new British stage comedy.the title role (=the role of the character whose name is the title of the film or play)· She will play the title role in ‘Emma’ later this year.a supporting role (=not one of the main roles)· Lee has a supporting role as Judy’s best friend,a comic role· She admits she is attracted to comic roles.
WORD ORIGINrole
Origin:
1600-1700 French rôle ‘roll, role’, from Old French rolle; ➔ ROLL2EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- School staff take an active role in providing career guidance.
- The traditional male role in marriage is to provide for women and children.
- But early today his role in the drama remained unclear.
- But we all had our little roles to play in this charade, and I was playing mine.
- Luthans et al. would say that they conceived of the managerial role primarily as traditional management activities, and routine information.
- The Forestry Commission has two official roles in national life.
- The marketing role in an organization is carried out by numerous individuals.
- The truth of this does not make it easy to define the teacher's role in management.
- When he took over the role last year, the box office took off, and the reviews were positively glowing.
Longman Language Activatorthe person that an actor pretends to be in a play, film etc
· Jed is one of most likeable characters in the play.central/main character · Carmen Maura plays the passionate, beautiful Pepa, the central character of director Pedro Almodovar's movie.
the job of acting as a particular character in a play or film: · She knew she wanted the part as soon as she read the movie script.play the part/role of: · She played the part of the Wicked Stepmother in 'Snow White'.
to have an important part in something to be important in making important changes or achieving an important success: · The Church has played a leading role in the struggle for human rights.· Von Braun played a leading part in the development of space flights.
to be important in a process, event, or situation, especially by working very hard to achieve something: · The British Prime Minister figured prominently in the peace talks.· The campaign, in which many celebrities figured prominently, was a great success.· She will be remembered as someone who was always prominent in the anti-apartheid movement.
to be the most important person in changing or developing something because you have so much energy and determination: · James is the senior partner in the firm, but it is Peter who is the driving force.be the driving force behind: · Carlsson has been the driving force behind the bank's ambitious expansion plans.
to be important in making something possible, especially because of the things you do to achieve it: · Mary had been instrumental in securing my release from jail.· Women's organizations have been instrumental in promoting women's rights.
to pretend to be someone else to behave as if you are someone else and try to make other people believe this: pretend to be somebody: · We pretended to be students and got into the club for free.pretend (that): · They got into the house by pretending they worked for the electricity company.
to pretend that you are cleverer, richer, more important etc than you really are: · Richard led us around the art gallery, making himself out to be some kind of expert on modern art.· What I don't like about her is that she makes herself out to be something special.
to behave as though you are someone with official power or someone famous, either for dishonest reasons or in order to entertain people: · I got home to find him impersonating Elvis Presley in front of the mirror.· It's illegal to impersonate a police officer.
to speak, walk, or behave like someone else, in order to make people laugh: do an impersonation/do an impression of: · Stuart did a brilliant impersonation of the boss.· a comedian with his own TV show, who does impressions of famous politicians
when you pretend to be someone else and behave as they would behave, especially as a way of learning about a situation or developing a skill: · The course uses role play to teach you how to deal with difficult or aggressive customers.
to pretend to be someone else, especially someone in an official position, in order to make it easier for you to do something bad or illegal: · He posed as a doctor to gain access to the hospital.· There have been cases of thieves posing as telephone engineers to trick people into letting them into their homes.
to pretend that you are someone else, especially by dressing or behaving in the way that they do - used especially in literature and stories: · He got into the stadium masquerading as a security guard.· A journalist masquerading as a businessman approached the politicians, and offered them bribes.
to change your appearance, especially your clothes, so that you look like someone else and people cannot recognize you: · He escaped across the border disguised as a priest.disguise yourself as: · Maybe you could disguise yourself as a waiter and sneak in there.
to take part in an event, activity, discussion etc · She wanted to take part but she was too ill.· The program teaches children about conservation, and about 30 schools are taking part.take part in · Nearly 500 teams took part in the competition.· Police have arrested a number of people who took part in the riot.· She was asked to take part in a TV debate on drugs.take an active/leading part · John has taken an active part in getting artists together for the festival.
to take part in an activity with a small number of other people, often something bad or illegal: · Choosing a school is an important decision, and both parents ought to be involved.be involved in: · At least three politicians are involved in the scandal.· The two men have denied being involved in Troy's kidnapping and murder.· Roughly two-thirds of high school students are involved in volunteer community work.
formal to take part in an activity, especially an organized activity: · There are regular class discussions, but some of the students never participate.· Being a spectator wasn't as enjoyable as participating.participate in: · Over 300 local firms participated in the survey.· Members can participate in any of the trips organized by the club.· Our employees are encouraged to participate in the decision making process.
to take part in some way in an activity or piece of work, especially one which has a useful result or purpose: · Our goal is to make sure everyone plays a part and shares in the credit.· Although the budget committees guide Congress's actions on spending, every committee plays a role.play a part/role in: · Hart clearly played a role in the decision to change admission standards.· Together with the police everyone can play a part in improving the security of their neighborhood.play an active/large/important etc part/role: · Men now play a larger part in looking after their children.· The most effective learning occurs when the child is allowed to play a more active role in the learning process.· The Secretary of State played a leading role in the government's successful foreign policy.· Schneider played a key role in getting the organization started.
to actively take part in the work of an organization such as a political group or church: · He is very active in the church's work with homeless people.· In school I was very active in sports and student government.· Allen, who is still on the board, is no longer active in the day-to-day management of the company.
to actively take part in a group discussion or group activity, especially by giving your opinions and ideas: · When we have class debates we try and get all the kids to contribute.· During the discussions MacDonald seemed to be listening, but he had nothing to contribute.contribute ideas/suggestions etc: · Readers are invited to contribute their opinions on any of the issues discussed here.
to take part in a TV or radio programme: · Forbes appeared on "Meet the Press" to discuss recent political developments.· He has often appeared on the BBC sports programme "A Question of Sport".
formal to be taking part in an activity, a conversation etc, especially one that continues for a long period of time: · The Nationalists have been engaged in a bitter fifteen-year armed struggle for independence.· During dinner I found myself engaged in a long complicated discussion with the doctor's wife.
involving doing or learning about something by taking part in it yourself, rather than just watching, reading about it, or hearing about it from someone else: · The training programs give students practical hands-on experience.· The exhibit includes numerous hands-on activities, including several archaeological dig stations.· Mr Garvey is known as a hands-on manager with an in-depth knowledge of the whole company.
WORD SETSanimation, nounanimator, nounart director, nounart house, nounarts cinema, nounbiopic, nounblue movie, nounB-movie, nouncameo, nouncameraman, nouncartoon, nouncine-, adjectivecine-camera, nouncine-film, nouncinema, nouncinematic, adjectivecinematography, nounclip, nouncontinuity, nouncut, nouncutting room, noundirection, noundouble, noundouble bill, noundouble feature, nounepilogue, nounextra, nounfantasy, nounfarce, nounfeature, nounfeature film, nounfilm star, nounfilmstrip, nounflashback, nounflick, nounfootage, nounfreeze-frame, noungaffer, nounHollywood, home movie, nounhorror movie, nounimage, nounimagery, nounlip-synch, verblocation, nounlot, nounmatinée, nounmiscast, verbmotion picture, nounmovie, nounmoviegoer, nounmovie star, nounmovie theater, nounmoving picture, nounmultiplex, nounmusical, nounnarrator, nounnewsreel, nounoff-screen, adverbopening night, nounOscar, nounout-take, nounPG, nounpremiere, nounproject, verbprojection, nounprojectionist, nounprojector, nounprop, nounrating, nounreel, nounrelease, verbremake, nounremake, verbre-release, verbrerun, nounretake, nounrole, nounscreen, nounscreen, verbscreening, nounscreenplay, nounscreen test, nounscreenwriter, nounscriptwriter, nounset, nounshort, nounshot, nounshow, verbsilent, adjectiveslow motion, nounsoundtrack, nounspaghetti western, nounsplicer, nounsplit screen, nounstand-in, nounstill, nounstudio, nounstunt man, nounstunt woman, nountalkie, nountearjerker, nounTechnicolor, nountheatre, nountheme, noun3-D, adjectivetop-grossing, adjectivetrailer, nountravelogue, nounturkey, nounwestern, nounwhodunit, nounX, nounX-certificate, adjectiveX-rated, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1verbs Stella felt unnatural in their company, as if she was acting a part. She is acting the role of Lady Macbeth six evenings a week. He was employed in a purely advisory role. I’ve been assigned the task of looking after the new students. Jim Paton will assume the role of managing director. More men are taking on a caring role. The producer finally cast Finch in the male lead. Clarke’s trying to cast me in the role of villain here. The bridge has a dual role, carrying both road and rail. A good police officer is not fulfilling his role if he neglects this vital aspect. The UN adopted a more interventionist approach in the region. The US must now take a firm leadership role. The army played a leading role in organizing the attempted coup. Britain played a major role in the negotiations. She played a pioneering role in opening higher education to women. The Bank of England has a pivotal role in the London money market. Playing a character so different from herself was a challenge. Mandela played a prominent role in the early years of the ANC. Some carers and dependants find it difficult to adapt to a role reversal. I want to be a positive role model for my sister. ‘The Freshman’ was Brando’s first starring role (=the most important part in a film) in ten years. His wife refused to accept a traditional subservient role.
· He played a prominent role in the company’s success.
(also assume a role formal) (=start having it)· Mr Jones took on the role of spokesperson for the organization.
· Britain began to take a more active role in the affairs of Europe.
· Health experts should be given a key role in developing the correct procedures.
written (=give someone a role, especially one they do not want)· He found himself cast in the role of guide and translator.
adjectives· She played an important role in her husband’s political career.
· The report recognized the key role of teachers.
· Every member of the team has a vital role to play.
(=when you do practical things to achieve particular aims)· She took an active role in the community.
(=the most important role)· They take a leading role in discussions.
· Technology is already playing a significant role in classroom teaching.
· The military has played a prominent role in Burmese politics.
(=when someone or something does two things)· People have dual roles in society as producers and consumers.
(=one based on ideas that have existed for a long time, without changing)· Some women are happy with their traditional role as carers.
Meaning 2verbs· She was the first actress to play the role of Peter Pan.
· His son has a small role in the series.
· In the end, I decided not to take the role.
(=be given a role)· In 1982 he landed a role in the musical 'Destry Rides Again'.
(=give them a role)· Television producers would not cast her in lead roles.
adjectives· It was his first major role.
· He has had small roles in several other films.
(=the most important role)· He had already cast Tom Hanks in the lead role.
(=one of the most important roles)· She was offered the starring role in a new British stage comedy.
(=the role of the character whose name is the title of the film or play)· She will play the title role in ‘Emma’ later this year.
(=not one of the main roles)· Lee has a supporting role as Judy’s best friend,
· She admits she is attracted to comic roles.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Stella felt unnatural in their company, as if she was acting a part. She is acting the role of Lady Macbeth six evenings a week.· Most men play a less active role in family life than women.
· Do you play an active role in your community?
He was employed in a purely advisory role. I’ve been assigned the task of looking after the new students. Jim Paton will assume the role of managing director. More men are taking on a caring role. The producer finally cast Finch in the male lead. Clarke’s trying to cast me in the role of villain here.· The report emphasizes the central role of science in society.
· the changing role of women in society
· Parents play a crucial role in preparing their children for adult life.
The bridge has a dual role, carrying both road and rail.· Antibiotics play an essential role in controlling infection.
A good police officer is not fulfilling his role if he neglects this vital aspect. (=the positions of men and women in society)· It is a country where gender roles have remained largely unchanged.
The UN adopted a more interventionist approach in the region.· Sanders played a key role in the team’s winning season.
The US must now take a firm leadership role. The army played a leading role in organizing the attempted coup. Britain played a major role in the negotiations. (=someone that you try to copy because they have qualities you would like to have) Good teachers can act as positive role models.
Good teachers can act as positive role models.· The two organizations perform similar functions.
She played a pioneering role in opening higher education to women. The Bank of England has a pivotal role in the London money market. Playing a character so different from herself was a challenge.· We should provide girls with more positive role models.
Mandela played a prominent role in the early years of the ANC. Some carers and dependants find it difficult to adapt to a role reversal. I want to be a positive role model for my sister. ‘The Freshman’ was Brando’s first starring role (=the most important part in a film) in ten years.· A presidential decree strengthened the role of the Security Council.
· In her speech, she stressed the role of parents in preventing youth crime.
His wife refused to accept a traditional subservient role.· Nurses play a vital role in hospitals and surgeries.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Take an active role in asking for appointments; most kinds of research benefit from discussion at least every month or so.· None the less, many legislatures continue to have an active and significant role in policy making.· He believes that the subtle discrimination practised on him resulted from his active role in a North sea safety committee.· The scholar needs an active role in inquiry.· They said the board had to take a more active role.· So I also intend to take an active role speaking around the country.· Immediately after Dudley's elevation, Gloucester was appointed to the commission of the peace, where he played an active role.· Active learning roles for pupils, therefore, also mean active assessment roles for pupils.
· That is why bread plays such a central role in festivals.· David Beckham captained the side and played in a central midfield role.· To Greeley, the central role of a newspaper was that of conscience for its time.· Both use metaphors that confirm his central role in the proceedings.· Women played a central role in the economic transformations.· Banks play a central role as consultants, advisers and agents in acquisition situations.· Punch played a central role in the evolution of satirical humour and in creating opportunities for the cartoonist and the illustrator.
· Clearly, within particular realms of human experience they may play crucial roles in assisting individuals and groups to achieve their ends.· The mutual recognition of ministers and members that is inherent in all union schemes plays a crucial role here.· They are already playing a crucial role in multimedia design and development.· Might not some essential aspects of quantum theory also be playing crucial roles in the physics that underlies our thought processes?· Clearly, one's state of mind can also play a crucial role in the health of one's heart.· Work with Royal Logistics Corps plays a crucial role in getting supplies and troops in and out of the war zone.· Factors such as temperature and acidity play a crucial role in determining how well the process works.· It has a crucial ideological role that underpins everything else.
· Councillor Tait has now been handed a letter which expresses concern over Mr Gilbert's dual role.· His decision was made in 1992, when he gave up his brief dual role as publisher.· In addition to this worry about the dual role, some teachers, and headteachers in particular, doubt the skills and experience of advisers.· Balancing the dual roles of minister to the world and shepherd to his own flock has taken its toll.· His Role: Melville has cast Pip in a dual role.· Investment has a dual role to play within any economy.· Coach Mike Sherman will take over in a dual role after Wolf's last day on June 1.
· Therefore we need to study in greater depth the role played by television and other visual media in contemporary society.· He was a great role model-he had even clerked for Oliver Wendell Holmes.· It was to be one of the actor's greatest roles.· The United States in 1938 saw no pressing need to play any great role in the world.· Though he undertook a great variety of roles, all were informed at heart with the wisdom of the sad clown.· The state is given an even greater role than in the developmental model in creating conditions for justice and equality.· And it had always been one of Gesner's greatest roles.· Nevertheless, it was radio which played the greatest role in the development of music.
· All these factors were to play an important role in the disaster of 1940.· As on land, local topography plays an important role in affecting the distribution of organisms.· The Government have an important role in improving vehicle security.· In particular we saw the important role that peer relationships played.· As we have seen the magistrates have an important role to play in overseeing the extension of detention beyond thirty-six hours.· At a crucial moment, the United States played an important supporting role.· Typology dominated archaeological thinking until the 1950s, and still plays an important role in the discipline.· Handicapped members, who play an important role in the Rangers, pay no subscription.
· The project high-lighted the key role of the expert advisors which are used by farm managers in undertaking their roles.· Some others holding key roles in a voluntary capacity have experienced unusual pressure.· It also plays a key role in technical evaluations.· Leadership plays a key role in the overall levels of motivation and collaboration. 11.· In this process, the Women' s Cooperative Guild played a key role.· Poulantzas' explanation gives a key role to the relation between the capitalist state and capitalist ideology.· Dreaming has a key role in psychoanalytic theory.· And then midway through the second-half he played a key role in Brian Strain's vital winner.
· This would be her third attempt and I knew she was practising the leading role all the time.· And his circle, his generation, have a leading role to play in the establishment of a popular universe.· Second, where change has occurred, particularly at the intraregional scale, migration has played the leading role.· Joan Collins and Keith Baxter will be playing the leading roles in the play.· The latter should play a leading role in ensuring these statements are understood by governors and staff.· He topped the poll for the shadow cabinet elections and played a leading role in the policy review process.· Marion Tait and Joseph Cipolla dance the leading roles.· It is crucial to our trade and investment that we continue to play a leading role in the Community.
· The internal slave-trade, though much used in abolitionist arguments, seems to have played no major role.· These figures in turn played a major role in securing the support of Sen.· Class interests are often regarded as playing a major role in the way political institutions develop.· The third major role of legislators concerns their interactions with the executive.· During the tumultuous years that followed, Nottinghamshire was to play a major role in the bitter conflict.· Gorbachev also was quick to admit that the process of globalization played a major role in cracking open the closed Soviet society.· Previously Warriors played a major role in the land war in the Gulf.· It plays a major role in focusing energy in the right areas and on the right subjects.
· In between Kylie had enjoyed success in a few other minor television roles.· The big Muppet stars are relegated to minor roles and humans take center stage.· A time when adventure came first and pure athleticism played only a minor role in the great climbing game.· They include history; but in this chapter it will play only a minor role.· There were many others playing more minor roles.· This kind of group can be thought of as having only a minor role within counselling.· In the realm of secret diplomacy it would appear that public opinion had only a very minor role to play.· Motor buses occupy a relatively minor role in the period covered by this volume.
· Their new role is to challenge conventional wisdom.· For now, most could not delineate, with any confidence, what their new role entailed.· Some cats outlasted him and I became their gravedigger - a new role thrust on me.· Often families, like the patients, floundered in their efforts to adapt to new roles and changed life stories.· I look forward to working with him in his new role.· For the first half of the year the managers were, in fact, intent on mastering their new roles.· Valerie Cass had found a new role to play.· Getting comfortable in his new role, he played six positions and was a designated hitter in 104 games.
· Hoddle's pivotal role in Swindon's sweeper system stifled United's customary flowing football.· Many of the recipes for braised and grilled dishes employ thyme in a pivotal role.· The present article starts by highlighting the pivotal role of police results in the criminal process.· But the private sector had the pivotal role as the provider of jobs and the builder of the new urban resource base.· Hollandshort, bespectacled and plain-spoken-allows that there was some initial studio skepticism about casting Leigh in the pivotal role.· Venison plays a pivotal role in our culinary heritage.· Religious conservatives such as Curry will play a pivotal role in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
· In 1963 Kennedy moved to take a more positive role in the struggle for civil rights.· Maybe you'd know how to act if you had some more positive role models and some real heroes in your life.· It has a positive role to play in an organisation, and that role is particularly emphasised in this chapter.· There was no positive role model to follow, and plenty of negative ones not to follow.· Thus, a positive, promotional role is given to state welfare, where services are provided as of right to all citizens.· The post-war period until the late 1970s witnessed governments playing a positive role in stimulating demand through reflation of the economy.· But how are they to play a more positive role?· Pressures are being exerted to give the Community a more positive role in industrial policy.
· In a few governments have a prominent role.· Some conservatives complain they are being excluded from prominent convention roles.· Historically women have played a more prominent role in media education than in any other field of communication studies.· Modern geologists agree that earthquakes had a prominent role in creating the present spectacle of the valley.· Guimaraes had emerged from near retirement to play a prominent public role in the process to impeach Collor.· Attorney General Grant Woods of Arizona has taken a prominent role in that effort, according to participants.· It was not coincidental that Interministerial Councils played a particularly prominent role in the formulation of economic and financial policy.· Semantics has not always enjoyed a prominent role in modern linguistics.
· Now, for the first time, fixed though often not very stringent criteria for appointment began to play a significant role.· The newly disclosed documents contradict White House claims that Mrs Clinton did not play a significant role in the firings.· Basil Rocke played a highly significant role in the beginning of this transformation of the ethos of the classroom.· The recession of the early 1990s played a significant role in college enrollment.· And she came to play a significant role in building his career.· But does this make it play a less significant role in overcoming his problem?· Noise and danger resulting from too many vehicles has played a significant role in making inner cities unpleasant places to be.· In all this, music has a significant role to play in enabling and fostering closer relationships between the denominations.
· Gilligan relates this difference to the differing social roles and relationships of men and women.· Individuals therefore interact in terms of roles. Social roles regulate and organize behaviour.· The social work role in relation to the families of residents is considered at the end of this chapter.· A social role thus involves mutual expectations.· Other social roles within the Rowdies group were much less easy to isolate.
· Carl Lumbly stars in the title role.· Winningham delivers Oscar-caliber work, too, in the less showy but equally complex and demanding title role.· It is especially sad to see that happen when the title role is played so superbly by Hopkins.
· Perhaps Hincmar's silence here was tactful, since Charles the Bald's sons had not distinguished themselves in the traditional roles.· Melanie and Jonathan have fallen into traditional roles without really knowing how it happened. at least on her part.· Yet these organizations bring women out of the family in ways that do not fundamentally challenge their traditional roles.· It is they who carry out the traditional infantry role of closing with and destroying the enemy.· Challenging traditional roles is not easy.· This was more the case for the partners of older women, who themselves were socialised into more traditional roles.· For the term indicates nothing less than a complete questioning of the traditional role of local government.· The most obvious effect was to constrain societies to their traditional role of lending for house purchase.
· The Guinness bid transformed the company into an international giant and Ward had played a vital role in bringing this about.· Lend-lease support began flowing to Moscow in November 1941, playing a vital role in the Soviet war effort.· The programme has not recognised the vital role that chemistry plays across most industrial sectors.· Code-making and code-breaking played a vital role in winning the war.· Proper training of food handlers has a vital role in improving their morale and motivation and ensuring that standards are met.· This is where the monetarist assumption of an exogenous money supply plays such a vital role.· In so doing she demonstrated the vital role of the family in early-modern towns.· However, this apparent simplicity hides the vital role that friction plays in the process.
NOUN· It is easy to assume that any significant, gender-linked difference should be attributed to the general operation of gender roles.· In times past, our whole social system effectively assigned gender roles at birth.· The data suggest that gender role is influential.· We can see, then, that there are many elements and factors in this change in gender roles.· We need to look, then, for the specific practices that produce gender roles rather than stopping at the roles themselves.· He clearly portrays the pressures that changing gender roles exert on family life.· This leads us to ask: what part does unemployment play in gender roles?· Since these women too had traditional gender roles, how was their greater use of this vernacular feature to be explained?
· Many local chambers of commerce are already taking a lead role in this process.· Four actors were initially tested for the lead role of Joe Buck, among whom Michael Sarrazin was first choice.· The 57-year-old tenor made two mistakes in the lead role of Verdi's Don Carlos.· Salomon Brothers will take a lead role in the international share offer, the statement said.· In mainland Britain MI5 now has the lead role in intelligence gathering.· Could this untried youngster pull off a lead role in a Broadway play? people sitting in on rehearsals asked the director.
· Other countries were looking to the United States to take a firm leadership role, said one official.· Heads should therefore still be taking a key leadership role.· His leadership role was taken from him and he resumed his role as physician.· The Local Government Act 2000 also gives local authorities the powers they need to take a community leadership role.· None of them started college expecting or planning to take a leadership role.· Hence it will be necessary to take account of the structure in determining what leadership role is most appropriate.· Gradually, team leaders in work-unit teams change to more of a coordination rather than leadership role as the team develops.
· Where are the black role models for them to follow?· Disability aside, one of her top priorities is to be a role model and mentor to aspiring radiologists.· Having said that my two roles models, if you like, are Jean-Pierre Rives and Michael Jones.· He should be a role model and provide the proper image to the community and participate in the community.· He wasn't evil enough to be a role model to us.· Other women have not had entrepreneurial role models or a history of small-business ownership, the study showed.· Deborah Harry was a very different kind of role model.· Atalanta was a role model Amelia could relate to.
· Discussion should take place regarding the learning methods, i.e. practical work, discussions, role play, tutorials and individual study.· Then role play that scene with others from the group.· We'd done this lots of times, role play, in Soc.· Alter each role play, have group members provide feedback on what the person did well and what aspects need improvement.· Then the role play can be pursued as in any of 1 to 3 above.· Units comprise discussion, reading, role play, writing assignment, vocabulary building, practice in points of grammar.· Eight existing modules are being revised and two new ones are being developed in video production and role play.· Practise use of skills in role play.
VERB· They will act in a facilitating role to help in focusing on more general social and economic need.· But men do not feature prominently as family members acting in their familial role.· The company secretarial department of the firm can and have acted in this role on occasions.· Crowe brings much more than acting to the role.· How have the parents acted as role models?· Hunters might seek to kill them, but they are quite capable of turning the tables and acting out the agent role.· You may act as a role model and a mentor to others.· Magistrates are also reported to want to reconstruct the raid using volunteers to act out the roles.
· You've assigned me the role of heartless villain financier, obsessed with money, wealth, and luxury.· They will be divided into teams and assigned civic roles.· Aristotle never explicitly assigned comedy an inferior role to that of tragedy.· If your child is playing Nintendo ask if you might play together and let him assign you to your role.· I was struck by his great attention to detail and how systematically he assigned roles.· Yet their assigned role is also in conflict with their desire for a professional identity.· In the literatures of both cultures, the daughter has been assigned the role of passionate witness.· Harte also interrogates the sentimental by assigning Ken tuck the role of camp spokesman.
· Margaret Bondfield joined the guild in 1911 and with Llewellyn Davies assumed a critical role in reform of health and maternity policy.· He had been to school one day and already he was using phrases and assuming roles that belonged to a different world.· The book assumes the role of the most patient instructor.· Unlucky-looking people made them uneasy and even tempted some to assume the role of misfortune.· Better therefore to try to anticipate such a calamity by assuming the role of an active and vigilant peace-maker.· On the evening of the first full rehearsal she is again pressured into assuming a role.· However, in order to do this, it follows that you must be versatile and able to assume many different roles.· Both could assume roles on the new cable network.
· The Falcons have been cast in the role of curtain-raisers and will open the show on both days.· Deronda resents being cast in the role of listener and mentor.· In his first season at Arsenal he was cast in the role of footballer turned male model.· Once cast in the role of Guardian of Truth and Traditional Wisdom, a scientist ceases to be scientific.· After all Meredith was not alluding to her, any more than he was casting himself in the role of Caesar.· Doctors such as geriatricians and psychiatrists have been cast in the role of fixers and gatekeepers to protect the institutions.· No longer are local authorities cast in the role of protectors of unpopular, run-down schools.· Where else will you be cast in the role of a dolphin?
· This will have profound implications for established roles and relationships, and the development of people with talent to fill the roles.· Thomas gave Rose credit for filling the role of point guard Wednesday.· Inside, however, I felt inherently inferior, inadequate to fill the role.· With the shift toward commercial traffic plus diminishing federal support, most regional providers have to evolve to fill new roles.· But, for the most part, these men and women were hired to fill more junior roles than Mr Steffen's.· And who, today, comes anywhere near filling that role?· So who might be available to fill this role: Ruddock - recently gone to Liverpool.· We deny this, only to the inevitable result that we fool ourselves, and fill our leadership roles with fools.
· In addition, clothes must help a woman to fulfil her special roles.· Thus women continued to forgo having children rather than be penalized for fulfilling their biological role.· Ironically, one way out of this problem is to employ paid workers to fulfil some roles in a club.· The whole is supported at each spandrel by kneeling figures, apparently fulfilling the role of Atlas.· Could any one house be sufficiently interesting to fulfil this dual role after the first flush of passion passed?· The judgment rate is an important part of the creditor's arsenal that fulfils a dual role.· However, on examination we find that the criminal process does not and can not fulfil this role.
· In Czechoslovakia, the People's Militia perform a similar role.· After they had performed well in the role, these women made prestigious marriages, as does Cinderella.· But in competitive equilibrium prices are performing a second role.· He performed that unglamorous role for Cleveland early in 1998, then was traded to San Francisco in mid-season.· And to perform this role they need to have sufficient content to be used rather as premises in inferences.· Infantry traditionally performed three roles: It held ground, took ground, and con-ducted precise reconnaissance when on patrol.· In their different spheres, Rice and Albers both performed another important role typical of leaders of Great Groups.
· Indeed many are still advice workers and are thus constantly furnished with very real on-going practical experience to support their tutoring role.· She married Jose in 1963 and played an important supporting role as he rose to prominence in the business world.· Goblins are primarily support troops - their role is to ensure that your core troops get into combat against their chosen target.· At a crucial moment, the United States played an important supporting role.· There is also evidence to support a role as a risk factor for gastric carcinoma.· Old in particular played a crucial supporting role for the second time in the match.
· A Marxist approach which takes the role of ideology seriously needs to analyse punishment in terms such as these.· The growth of anticommunist violence in Miami had intimidated many people from taking activist roles in liberal politics throughout south Florida.· In the world of the infant and parent, the referential function of language often takes a subordinate role to others.· Although the hospital is new to the area, it is taking an active role in the community and its improvement.· Entomology was also taking on an economic role as its application to pest control became evident.· The last several years, he has said he is prepared to take a more active role in the clubhouse.· To take the latter role first, some music needs no accompaniment.· It coped with social problems long before governments took on that role.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1the way in which someone or something is involved in an activity or situation, and how much influence they have on itrole in- A recent parenting study corroborates the benefits of such role reversal.
- Another important finding of the study was the confusion and ambivalence which these carers exhibited in relation to role reversal.
- As parents age, the issue of role reversal becomes more prominent.
- But a role reversal might be interesting to start off with.
- But if the move from history to hystery were simply a matter of role reversal it would be relatively unproblematic.
- But there has been some role reversal.
- But, on the dodges and self-deceptions of role reversal, this play is indefatigably predictable.
- This is a remarkable role reversal.
- It was a meaty role that, under other circumstances, he might have enjoyed.
- Although the budget committees guide Congress's actions on spending, every committee plays a role.
- Hart clearly played a role in the decision to change admission standards.
- Men now play a larger part in looking after their children.
- Our goal is to make sure everyone plays a part and shares in the credit.
- Schneider played a key role in getting the organization started.
- The most effective learning occurs when the child is allowed to play a more active role in the learning process.
- The Secretary of State played a leading role in the government's successful foreign policy.
- Together with the police everyone can play a part in improving the security of their neighborhood.
- But big-city gangsters also play a part.
- By speaking out about envy between women, comedy can play a part in helping us to heal it in ourselves.
- He was six now and understood that I had played a role in his parents separation.
- Luck has to play a part in it.
- Sure, the Pentium chip plays a part, but other components provide the big difference.
- The New Man rejects traditional roles of parenthood and likes to play a part in decision-making.
- The researchers said more investigation was needed into whether vaccinations or pesticides played a part.
- Therefore, both over-confidence and under-confidence may play a part in creating an environment in which accidents happen more readily.
- For me, it was a plum assignment.
- He took over the £60,000-a-year plum job only three weeks ago.
- The good news was he had landed a plum job on the mortgage trading desk.
- At a crucial moment, the United States played an important supporting role.
- Benicio Del Toro won the best supporting actor prize for Traffic.
- But the chief joy despite several eye-catching supporting roles remains watching Courtenay milk the script for all its worth.
- He felt the other two were satisfied to play supporting roles to Gedge and to a lesser extent, himself.
- Hopper won a supporting role in that film too.
- Its most unarguable successes are in the main supporting roles.
- The meats are unfailingly tender and flavorful, and the stuffed tomatoes deserve a Tony Award for best supporting actor.
- The three supporting roles are all superbly played.
women’s role in society the role of diet in the prevention of diseaserole of They want to limit the role of government.2the character played by an actor in a play or film SYN partrole of Matthews plays the role of a young doctor suspected of murder.the lead/leading/starring role (=the most important role) A young actor named Johnny Depp was given the leading role.major/minor role It was Johansson's first major movie role.the title role (=the role of the character whose name is in the title of a film or play) The film features Paul Schofield in the title role.3role reversal a situation in which two people, especially a man and a woman, each do what is traditionally expected of the otherCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1verbsplay/have a role· He played a prominent role in the company’s success.take on a role (also assume a role formal) (=start having it)· Mr Jones took on the role of spokesperson for the organization.take a role· Britain began to take a more active role in the affairs of Europe.give somebody a role· Health experts should be given a key role in developing the correct procedures.cast somebody in a role written (=give someone a role, especially one they do not want)· He found himself cast in the role of guide and translator.adjectivesan important/major role· She played an important role in her husband’s political career.a key/central role· The report recognized the key role of teachers.a vital/crucial/essential role· Every member of the team has a vital role to play.an active role (=when you do practical things to achieve particular aims)· She took an active role in the community.a leading role (=the most important role)· They take a leading role in discussions.a significant role· Technology is already playing a significant role in classroom teaching.a prominent role· The military has played a prominent role in Burmese politics.a dual role (=when someone or something does two things)· People have dual roles in society as producers and consumers.somebody’s traditional role (=one based on ideas that have existed for a long time, without changing)· Some women are happy with their traditional role as carers.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbsplay a role· She was the first actress to play the role of Peter Pan.have a role· His son has a small role in the series.take a role· In the end, I decided not to take the role.land a role (=be given a role)· In 1982 he landed a role in the musical 'Destry Rides Again'.cast somebody in a role (=give them a role)· Television producers would not cast her in lead roles.adjectivesa major/big role· It was his first major role.a minor/small role· He has had small roles in several other films.the lead/leading role (=the most important role)· He had already cast Tom Hanks in the lead role.a starring role (=one of the most important roles)· She was offered the starring role in a new British stage comedy.the title role (=the role of the character whose name is the title of the film or play)· She will play the title role in ‘Emma’ later this year.a supporting role (=not one of the main roles)· Lee has a supporting role as Judy’s best friend,a comic role· She admits she is attracted to comic roles.