The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ROLE
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More clues leading to the result ROLE
- Function of register announced
- Part of cylinder coming out of trap?
- Speaking, go over and over part
- Part to go round audibly
- Part right: bravo
- Part of conditional release the old man ignored
- Responsibility quietly removed from uncultured pleb
- Character to go round in circles, we hear
- Part of official list announced
- Function of list, reportedly
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What does ROLE mean?
ROLE noun- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- The function or position of something.
- Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and attitudes
- (grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
- In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
- An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.