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ROLEPLAY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perform on a stage or theater

Example:

I played in 'A Christmas Carol'

Synonyms:

act; play; playact; roleplay

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "roleplay" is one way to...):

perform (give a performance (of something))

Verb group:

play (perform on a certain location)

play (be performed or presented for public viewing)

act; play; represent (play a role or part)

act (be suitable for theatrical performance)

Domain category:

dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "roleplay"):

stooge (act as the stooge)

mime; pantomime (act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only)

ham; ham it up; overact; overplay (exaggerate one's acting)

underact; underplay (act (a role) with great restraint)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

roleplaying (acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy))

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