recast
recast · recasts
The act or process of recastingThe act or process of recasting.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
/ˈɹiːkɑːst/
» Yanni recast his rod.
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2 sensesThe act or process of recasting.
An utterance translated into another grammatical form.
Adults may use recasts to suggest corrections to mistakes in children's speech.
Examples
3 sentencesYanni recast his rod.
The election may recast how Japan views itself and its relations with the international community.
The role of Tom Jackson was recast.
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