meaningful role
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmeaningfulandrole
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meaningful
adjective
uk/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl/us/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl/
intended to show meaning, ...
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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 ofmeaningfulandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmeaningful role
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They were not ' ornamental non-entities ' with nomeaningfulroleto play.
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Regardless of their physical health, having ameaningfulroleundoubtedly offered the participants a sense of wellbeing that enhanced their selfimage and hence the feeling of living a better life.
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Rolls has a few references to brain "arousal," but this concept never attains anymeaningfulrolein his theoretical framework.
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Please also ensure that we can start playing ameaningfulrolein the future of the industry.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
If these councils are to play ameaningfulrolein the future, fishermen must be involved in all phases of the management process.
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I should have been happier had we looked for a moremeaningfulrolefor parents on school councils.
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I see a positive andmeaningfulrolefor the lobbying industry in this country.
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They would not therefore have ameaningfulroleto play.
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Volunteering is one good way of learning and understanding how to play ameaningfulrolein society.
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People now demand that they must have ameaningfulroleto play in life, with dignity.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We are not about building up an alternative block of power: we are about giving ameaningfulroleto a very important body of people.
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I have consistently supported ameaningfulrolefor regional advisory councils in fisheries management.
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They reinforce the fact that the forum has ameaningfulroleto play, but that is not its only role.
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But are their specific tasks merely to be supportive without a real,meaningfulrolefor co-ordination?
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In every country but ours, the aristocracy has lost anymeaningfulrolein society.
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If there are to be changes, a full andmeaningfulrolewill have to he found for many councillors.
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Should not the process be reversed so that prison officers themselves can play a far moremeaningfulrolewithin prisons?
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It is necessary to achieve ameaningfulrolefor employees and shareholders through the supervisory board without prejudicing, and still less frustrating, the efficient executive conduct of industry.
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Secondly, they would also be more effective in giving the youngsters the opportunity of rehabilitation—of coming back into the community and playing a moremeaningfulrolein society.
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As a transportation and distribution center for the neighboring sparsely populated region, it continued play ameaningfulrole.
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