assigned role
noun phraseUK /əˈsaɪnd rəʊl/
US /əˈsaɪnd roʊl/
A job or part that someone is told to do.
In the school play, Maya's assigned role was the narrator.
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2. The specific character an actor is chosen to play.
His assigned role in the movie was a brave knight.
3. A duty given to a team member in a group activity.
Each student had an assigned role during the science project.
4. A fixed function that a person or thing is expected to perform.
The robot's assigned role was to clean the floors.