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Meanings of bit part in English

Russian
в эпизодах
Spanish
rol menor
Catalan
paper menor

Role in which there is direct interaction with the principal actors and no more than five lines of dialogue.

в эпизодах
Synonyms
Examples for "minor role"
Examples for "minor role"
1
This is a minor role that only required four days of filming.
The South African
2
Justice Gilbert noted that Hansen played a minor role in the kidnapping.
Radio NZ
3
Nan Murray played a minor role and was also part of the chorus.
BBC
4
In the Spanish conquest of the Incas, guns played only a minor role.
Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
5
The sequence-dependent electrostatic component of base stacking seems to play a minor role.
Pubmed
Usage of bit part in English
1
He winced at the two- bit part, just as she knew he would.
When twilight comes
2
It felt like having a bit part in a novel by Kafka.
The Guardian
3
Clusters made up a bit part of the country's overall numbers.
Radio NZ
4
Bishops play an interesting bit part in the dialects of English.
The Irish Times
5
Knowles even had a bit part in Robert Rodriguez's The Faculty.
The Guardian
6
Photograph: BBC Acting will play a bit part, at least.
The Guardian
7
Not star status, but I could probably get her a screen test or a bit part.
Carrion comfort
8
Thing is, we've got a bit part for the girl's middle-aged aunt who's out searching for her.
Carrion comfort
9
The 2-litre diesel engine was as frugal as it was smooth and played more than a bit part.
Independent.ie
10
Orson Welles has a bit part.
The Guardian
11
The 31-year-old played a bit part throughout the tour to South Africa, which consisted of ten matches across formats.
The South African
12
Lively's character has merely a bit part as a little girl too young to understand what death really means.
The Guardian
13
Later that summer, the man she had spotted, Granville Van Dusen, played a bit part in the show Family Ties.
BBC
14
Myler has played just a bit part in Bray's season since joining them from Shamrock Rovers in the close season.
The Irish Times
15
Fred Goodwin Photograph: Murdo Macleod Back in the actual poll, however, other familiar scapegoats are dismissed as mere bit part players.
The Guardian
16
He wasn't an actor; Arnaz, a movie buff, knew he had never seen him on the silver screen, even in a bit part.
White fire