Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in American Sign Language (ASL). The largest collection online.
How to sign: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
"the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role";
Similiar / Same: role, function, office
Categories: duty
Within this category: capacity, hat, portfolio, second fiddle, stead
How to sign: the extended spatial location of something
"the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space";
Similiar / Same: region
Categories: location
Within this category: aerospace, air, Appleton layer, atmosphere, belt, biosphere, black hole, bottom, county, D-layer, deep space, depth, distance, eden, extremity, Heaviside layer, heliosphere, hell, inside, intergalactic space, interplanetary space, interstellar space, ionosphere, layer, mare, outside, radius, side, sign of the zodiac, top, vacuum, Witwatersrand, zodiac, zone
How to sign: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
"she played the part of Desdemona";
Similiar / Same: theatrical role, persona, role, character
Categories: characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal
Within this category: bit part, heavy, hero, heroine, ingenue, title role, villain
How to sign: something determined in relation to something that includes it
"he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach";
Similiar / Same: portion, component part, component
Categories: relation
Within this category: basis, detail, item, language unit, member, remainder, subpart, substance, unit
How to sign: go one's own away; move apart
"The friends separated after the party";
Similiar / Same: split, separate
Categories: move
Within this category: break up, diffract, disperse
How to sign: force, take, or pull apart
"He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea";
Similiar / Same: separate, disunite, divide
Within this category: break, compartmentalize, cut, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, gin, joint, polarize, sequester, sever, tear, tear
How to sign: a line where the hair is parted
"his part was right in the middle";
Categories: line
