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instrumental role

DEFINITIONS OF: instrumental role

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

Synonyms:
instrument
Type of:
participant role, semantic role
(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
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