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role-play

(rōl′plā′)

v. role-played, role-play·ing, role-plays

v.tr.

1. To act out (a situation), as for therapeutic , educational, or recreational purposes: "He mixed learning and playing—once he asked the children to role-play the Berlin Conference" (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie).

2. To assume or act out the role of: "Every week, in front of the rest of the class, the students role-played priests hearing confession, with Father Dom as the penitent" (Erin McGraw).

v.intr.

To assume or act out a particular role: "When I hire people I role-play with them ... to see how they take pressure" (Peter Schrag).

Role-playing.

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role-play

role play

(Education) the act of imitating the role of a different person, for example as a training exercise or in language learning

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