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English *noun*: semantic role
1.	semantic role (communication) (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
		Synonyms	participant role
		Broader (hypernym)	grammatical category, syntactic category
		Narrower (hyponym)	affected role, agent, agentive role, benefactive role, beneficiary, instrument, instrumental role, locative, locative role, patient, patient role, recipient, recipient role, result, resultant role, temporal, temporal role
		Domain category	linguistics

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