Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cast a shadow

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: cast a shad-ow
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, shadow.

verb

To dampen future events.

Example Sentences

"With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever. This event and its after-effects, along with the war against the Japanese in the 1940s, was to cast a long shadow over the years ahead, and led to the creation of the wholly unprecedented worship of Kim Il-sung, and his elevation to almost God-like status. It was also to create the system in which his son was to occupy almost as impossibly elevated a position."

Inflected Forms

casts a shadow (present, singular) casting a shadow (participle, present)

Questions

What does cast a shadow mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, shadow.

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