recast
/ɹiːˈkɑːst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An utterance translated into another grammatical form.
Example Sentences
- "the Roman gentlemen armed at all assayes, in the middest of their running-race, would cast and recast themselves from one to another horse."
- "The whole bell had to be recast although it had only one tiny, hardly visible crack."
- "Our conception of the world rises in us as our intellect recasts [translating umgiesst] the impressions it receives from without into the forms of time, space, and causality."
- "ScotRail is seeking the views of the public before recasting its Edinburgh/Perth/Dundee passenger timetable in 2025, once the reopened Levenmouth line has bedded in."
- "According to As the World Turns producer, Michael Laibson, the decision was made to recast the role, because the producers and writers felt it would annoy the audience to have Betsy discontinued so soon after her long-delayed marriage […]"
- "She was recast as the villain."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English recast From re- + cast.
Usage
Inflected Forms
recasts (present, singular)
recasting (participle, present)
recasted (common, error unknown tag)
recasts (plural)