[Vocabulary] Play a crucial role.

[ercantuncer]

Can you tell me if the use of' play a crucial role' is correct in the following sentences?

1)The education level of people plays a crucial role in a country's development.

2) He will play a crucial role in his next cinema project.

 

[Rover_KE]

You are correct.

 

[ercantuncer]

Can I say that in first sentence 'play a crucial role' has a figurative meaning but in second sentence it has real meaning?

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/role Definition#1.
I think it is a definition instead of a figurative meaning, but I am not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

The meaning is real in both cases.