role
/rəʊl/
US pronunciation
American sound/rəʊl/
role
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- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
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- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> role
Myanmar meaning
(n) ဇာတ်ကောင်
Full entry
၁။ (ဇာတ်ဆောင် သရုပ်ဆောင်၏) အခန်း။ ဇာတ်ကောင်။ play a variety of roles ❍ the title role.
၂။ အခန်း။ ကဏ္ဍ။
play a key/central/major/vital/ significant role ❍ take a more active role in sth ❍ the role of the teacher in the learning process.
❏ role model n အတုယူရန်စံနမူနာထားထိုက်သူ။ My teachers were good role models.
❏ role-play (also role-playing ) n [U] နှုတ်မှုအတတ် ကြွယ်ဝစေရန် (သို့) စိတ်ဝေဒနာကုသပေးမှု တစ်ရပ်အဖြစ် ကာယကံရှင်တို့အား အခြေအနေတစ်ရပ် ဖွင့်ပေးပြီး ဖြစ်စဉ်နှင့် လျော်ညီအောင် သရုပ်ဆောင်စေခြင်း။
More examples
- It’s not my role to tell the politicians what to do.
- [role in] : We expect parents to have a key role in this discussion.
- [play a role] : Trade unions have played a significant role in the recent debate.
- [role of] : The book examines the role of food and drink in society.
- [role as] : The banks developed a new role as providers of financial services.
- He won an Oscar for his role.
- [take/play the role of someone] : Who took the role of Ursula?
- [leading/starring role] : The leading role should have gone to a more well-known star.
Synonyms
position, function, responsibility, job, task, part, character, act, acting, appearance, aspect, bit, business, capacity, clothing, duty, execution, extra, game, guise, hero, heroine, ingenue, lead, look, office, performance, person, personification, piece, player, portrayal, pose, post, posture, presentation, protagonist, province, representation, seeming, semblance, show, star, starring role, stint, super, title, title role, walk-on, what one is into
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