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playing a rôle

playing a rôle is the present participle of play a rôle.

Meaning of play a rôle

Verb

play a rôle (third-person singular simple present plays a rôle, present participle playing a rôle, simple past and past participle played a rôle)

  1. Dated spelling of play a role.
    • At some time in the acquisition of a virtue a grasp of value and a mastery of axiological concepts must begin to play a rôle.2016, Kevin Mulligan, chapter 13, in Leo Zaibert, editor, The Theory and Practice of Ontology, Schenectady, New York: Malgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 257

Questions about playing a rôle

What is playing a rôle the present participle of?
Playing a rôle is the present participle of play a rôle.

Words near playing a rôle in the dictionary

  1. playin
  2. playin'
  3. playing
  4. playing a part
  5. playing a role
  6. playing a rôle
  7. playing about
  8. playing against type
  9. playing all one's cards
  10. playing along
  11. playing around

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