Meaning

4 senses

  1. (Scotland, transitive)To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.

  2. (transitive)To cast from subtype to supertype.

  3. To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To cast or throw up; to turn upward.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Tom upcasted the variable.

    Том привів змінну до базового типу. — deniko

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Origin

From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

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Forms

upcasts, upcasting, upcast, upcast
Base formupcast · to upcast
3rd person singularupcasts
Present participleupcasting
Past simpleupcast / upcasted
Past participleupcast / upcasted

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyupcast
he, she, itupcasts

Past simpleLesson

all personsupcast

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill upcast

Antonyms

1 antonyms
downcast

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
upA2upbeatupcomingupdateB2
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