role

/roʊl/ n [C] (DUTY)

Definition

› the duty or use that someone or something usually has or is expected to have: Bouchard hopes to play a pivotal/major/key role in Quebec’s future.

(Definition of role n (DUTY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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