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plays a rôle

plays a rôle is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 plays a rôle

What is plays a rôle the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Plays a rôle is the third-person singular simple present indicative of play a rôle.

Words near plays a rôle in the dictionary

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

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