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third-person singular simple present roleplays, present participle roleplaying, simple past and past participle roleplayed
(intransitive) To act out a scenario or fantasy with another person or other people. examples
(transitive) To act as a character as part of a fantasy, especially with a group. quotations examples
The particular person roleplaying Beatty in that battle suggested summarily executing Seymour and dumping him overboard.
2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 30:18 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 4 August 2022
countable and uncountable, plural roleplays
The act or practice of roleplaying; an instance of roleplaying. quotations examples
Roy: Let's do some roleplay, OK? Do you think that would be a good idea?Moss: It helped me learn how to buy sandwiches.
2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1
The practice of roleplaying. examples