Yindii English Doctor -- Questions and Answers for April, 2001

Question

คำว่า roleplay ที่ถูกต้องควรใช้คำไหน หรือใช้ได้ทั้ง 2 แบบ
1.role-play 2.roleplay

Answer

I found both spellings in the online dictionary:

role-play (rlpl)
v. role-played, role-playing, role-plays.
v. tr.

To assume deliberately the part or role of; act out: “Participants are
encouraged to pass on leads about jobs . . . and to role-play interview
situations with each other” (Hatfield MA Valley Advocate).
v. intr.
To assume or act out a particular role: “When I hire people I role-play with
them . . . to see how they take pressure” (Peter Schrag).
n.
Role-playing.

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Pronunciation Key
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
Copyright 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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roleplay v : perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in "Julius Caesar";
"I played in "A Christmas Carol" [syn: act, play,playact]
Source: WordNet 1.6, ? 1997 Princeton University