INSTRUMENTAL ROLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does instrumental role mean? 

• INSTRUMENTAL ROLE (noun)
  The noun INSTRUMENTAL ROLE has 1 sense:

1. the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process

  Familiarity information: INSTRUMENTAL ROLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSTRUMENTAL ROLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

instrument; instrumental role

Hypernyms ("instrumental role" is a kind of...):

participant role; semantic role ((linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause)