instrumental role

collocation in English

meaningsofinstrumentalandrole

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instrumental
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.təl/
us
/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.t̬əl/
formal
If someone or something is instrumental in a process, plan, or system, that person or thing is one of the most important influences in causing it ...
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role
noun[C]
uk
/rəʊl/
us
/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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(Definition ofinstrumentalandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinstrumental role

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There is nonetheless aninstrumentalrolefor good government as a support for economic growth.
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In asserting theinstrumentalroleof the ideology of separate spheres in modern class formation, historians asserted the wider historical significance of gender.
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The authors draw a distinction between theinstrumentalrolein the provision of specific assistance and the affective roles of care and support.
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Agents play aninstrumentalrolein the realization of a borderless digital 24-hour information economy, but users need to trust them first.
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All in all, culture plays aninstrumentalrolein shaping speakers' communicative competence, which is related to the appropriate use of language.
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This is because salient but contextually incompatible meanings do not play aninstrumentalrolein the comprehension of jokes; sometimes they may even prohibit comprehension.
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At the same time they stress the importance of action for perception, that is, theinstrumentalrole of movements for the pick-up of complex invariants of stimulation.
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Both of these factors have been shown to play aninstrumentalrolein adaptively coping with stress and adversity, and are consistently associated with competent, adaptive functioning throughout development.
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This is partly the work of lobbying, where the organisation has an advocacy role, and partly direct social work, where the organisation has aninstrumentalrole.
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We felt and still do now that this budget must play aninstrumentalrolein the management of the crisis.
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He therefore had a much moreinstrumentalrolethan many of us.
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It is another example of theinstrumentalroleof nurses being extended.
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This process is inseparable from the neoliberal, federalist and militaristic nature and objectives of the current integration process, in which, moreover, it has aninstrumentalrole.
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She played aninstrumentalrolein prosecuting some of the states most difficult cases.
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Her parents played aninstrumentalrolein her life by encouraging her to pursue a college education.
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There he played aninstrumentalrolein the development of the first jet engines.
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Technology plays aninstrumentalrolein the continued development of manufacturing sectors, and acts to lower transaction costs in several ways.
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Venture capital played aninstrumentalrolein developing many of the major technology companies of the 1980s.
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She played aninstrumentalrolein restructuring and revitalizing the company during its global business transformation.
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