Meaning

5 senses
  1. To cast or throw again.

    cast again

  2. To mould again.

    The whole bell had to be recast although it had only one tiny, hardly visible crack.

    cast again, in a different role

  3. To reproduce in a new form.

  4. (transitive)To assign (roles in a play or performance) to different actors.

  5. (transitive)To assign (actors) to different roles.

    She was recast as the villain.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Yanni recast his rod.

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  2. The election may recast how Japan views itself and its relations with the international community.

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  3. The role of Tom Jackson was recast.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

recasts, recasting, recast, recast
Base formrecast · to recast
3rd person singularrecasts
Present participlerecasting
Past simplerecast / recasted
Past participlerecast / recasted

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrecast
he, she, itrecasts

Past simpleLesson

all personsrecast

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave recast
he, she, ithas recast

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill recast

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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