Recast

Definitions: Recast

Recast

Verb

1. Cast again, in a different role: "He was recast as Iago".

2. Cast again: "The bell cracked and had to be recast".

3. Cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state".

Date "recast" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Mining	To form anew by running, as molten metal, into a mold; cast again; as, torecast a cracked bell. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Recast

Synonyms: reforge (v), remodel (v), remold (v), remould (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Change	Recast; reverse; disturb; convert into.
Plan	Cast, recast, systematize, organize; arrange; digest, mature.
Revolution	Verb: revolutionize; new model, remodel, recast; strike out something new, break with the past; change the face of, unsex.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Recast

English words defined with "recast": adaptation ♦ reforge, remodel ♦ version. (references)

Specialty definitions using "recast": Ambiguity, At you, Awkward Construction ♦ halting problem. (references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Recast as child and mystic sage ("Stand Inside Your Love"; performing artist: Smashing Pumpkins)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Cast and Recast (reference) Copper Crucible: How the Arizona Miners' Strike of 1983 Recast Labor-Management Relations in America (reference) Recast Dreams: Class and Gender Consciousness in Steeltown (reference) Theater Missile Defense: How Will It Recast Security and Diplomacy in East Asia? [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Telecasting Recast (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Guatemala	As part of the army downsizing, the operational structure of 19 military zones and three strategic brigades are being recast as several military zones are eliminated and their area of operations absorbed by others. (references)
	Tajikistan	To facilitate Tajikistan's transition to a market economy, the U.S. Government has helped the Government of Tajikistan rewrite laws and recast the public institutions needed to foster economic growth in a free market. (references)
	Finland	Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Finland has moved steadily toward integration into Western institutions and abandoned its formal policy of neutrality, which has been recast as a policy of military nonalliance coupled with the maintenance of a credible, independent defense. (references)
Travel	Oman	Politeness is highly valued; blunt statements should be recast into constructive, balanced terms. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Recast" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 46.77% of the time. "Recast" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	46.77%	29	64,444
Lexical Verb (past participle)	41.94%	26	68,323
Lexical Verb (past tense)	4.84%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)	4.84%	3	202,518
Noun (singular)	1.61%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	62	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "recast"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rishpërndarje e roleve, rimodeloj (remodel), rimodelim, riderdhje, riderdh, ndryshoj (alter, amend, change, differ, diversify, do up, inflect, manipulate, metamorphose, reverse, shift, switch, transform, vary), ndryshim (alteration, amendment, change, difference, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilation, dissimilitude, distinction, inflection, inflexion, innovation, manipulation, metamorphosis, modification, mutation, permutation, reversal, reverse, shift, shifting, switch, transit, transition, turn, variation). (various references)

Arabic		‏غير أدوار الرواية, ‏عدل (adjust, alter, amend, arrange, blue pencil, commute, equal, equate, erect, evenness, fairness, fashion, fix, justice, justness, mend, modify, modulate, overhaul, qualify, reason, reclaim, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, reshuffle, retrofit, revise, right, righteousness, rightness, shuffle, straighten, temper), ‏إعادة السبك, ‏أعاد سبك, ‏أعاد صياغة. (various references)

Bulgarian		сменям състава на, отливам отново, нов вид, преработване (recension, rehash), преработвам (adapt, overwork, process, recycle, rehandle, remodel, revamp, revise, work, work over, write over), преработена форма, преработен вид, поправям (adjust, alter, amend, blue pencil, castigate, cobble, correct, do up, doctor, emend, fix, fix up, mend, polish, recondition, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, renovate, repair, retouch, retrieve, revamp, revise, service, true, vamp), подобрен вид, даване на нова форма, давам друга роля на, давам друга форма на. (various references)

Chinese		重�"� (recasting). (various references)

Czech		přestylizovat (rewrite), přelít (transfuse, wash over), přeformulovat. (various references)

Farsi		ازنوقالب کردن , ازنوطرح کردن , ازنوریختن . (various references)

French		remanier (rehash, remake up, remodel, reshuffle, revise, rewrite), refonte (refound, rewriting), refondre (revise), changer la distribution des rôles. (various references)

German		Umgestaltung (alteration, rearrangement, reconfiguration, remodeling, renewal, reorganization, transfiguration). (various references)

Greek		ξαναφορμάρω, παραγράφω (lapse, prescribe, write too much), χύνω πάλιν, ανάπλαση (anaplasia, anaplasty, regeneration, renewal, re-shaping, restructuring), ανασχεδιάζω, αναπλάσσω (reshape). (various references)

Hebrew		לב� ות מח�"ש (rebuild). (various references)

Hungarian		visszadob (to throw back), új szereposztás, új kalkuláció, átöntés (decantation, decanting, transfusion). (various references)

Indonesian		menuangkan kembali. (various references)

Italian		rimaneggiare (rehash, remake up, remodel, reshape, reshuffle, rewrite), fare un nuovo lancio, dare una parte diversa, dare ad un altro attore, cambiare la forma. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		鋳直す (to recast, to recoin). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		いなおす (to recast, to recoin). (various references)

Manx		aareirey, aahilgey. (various references)

Pig Latin		ecastray

Portuguese		remodelar (improve, remodel), remodelação (improver, reshuffle), refundir (remodel, revise), refundição (redaction), reformar (amend, intension, pension plans, reclaim, recondition, reform, renovate, reorganize, superannuate), reforma (amendment, converting, pension, reconstruction, redress, refit, refitment, reform, reformation, regeneration, remaking, renovation, reorganization, retirement), refazer (realign, rebuild, reconstruct, rehash, remake, remodel, repeat), voltar a fundir, novo cálculo, fazer novo cálculo de, calcular novamente. (various references)

Romanian		returnare, retopire, retopi (re-fuse), refasonare, refasona (refashion), reface (change, do over, do up, re establish, rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, recruit, redress, reform, remake, remodel, repair, restore, retread, retrieve), redistribuire, redistribui (redistribute, remunerate), recalcula, transformare (alteration, change, chop, conversion, metamorphosis, modification, mutation, passage, reclamation, transformation, transforming, turn), transforma (alter, change, chop, commute, convert, fashion, idolize, modify, permute, reduce, resolve, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn into), prelucra (adapt, analyse, analyze, change, discuss, elaborate, enlighten, machine, operate, pick smb.'s brain, process, remake, study, transform, work, work over). (various references)

Russian		придавать новую форму, придание новой формы, перераспределять роли, переработка, переливание (transfusion), переделывать (adapt, alter, customize, makeover, readjust, recondition, redo, re-do, re-done, rehash, remade, remake, remodel, revamp, rework, turn, unmake), переделка (readjustment, rearrangement). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pretopiti, prekovati, preinačenje (diversification), ponovo režirati, dati drugu podelu uloga. (various references)

Spanish		repartir de otra manera los papeles de, refundir a (refurbish, remodel), nuevo reparto de papeles. (various references)

Swedish		gjuta om. (various references)

Thai		สร้างขึ้นใหม่. (various references)

Turkish		yeniden hesaplamak (reckon over), yeniden dökmek, yeniden dökme, yeniden biçimlendirmek (reform, re-form), yeniden biçimlendirme, değiştirmek (alter, alternate, amend, change, commute, convert, disguise, diversify, doctor, exchange, falsify, garble, inflect, interchange, intersperse, juggle with, metamorphose, modify, replace, revise, shed, shift, specialize, swap, switch, switch to, swop, transmute, unmake, vary), değiştirme (alteration, changing, commutation, conversion, disguise, exchange, interchange, leavening, modification, reformation, re-formation, replacement, shift, switch, trans-), değişiklik yapmak (alter, emend, innovate, modify, remodel, shake up, work over), değişiklik (alteration, change, chopping, diversification, innovation, kink, modification, shift, variance, variegation, variety, vicissitude), şeklini değiştirmek (change the form of, redecorate, refashion, remodel, reshape, transfigure, transmogrify). (various references)

Ukranian		новий склад виконавців, перерозподіляти ролі, переробка (adaptation, alteration, elaboration, readjustment, remake, revision), переробляти (adapt, alter, change, do again, furbish up, make over, readjust, re-do, rehash, remake, remodel, revise, rework, transverse, turn over, work over), перераховувати (catalogue, number, recalculate). (various references)

Vietnamese		các vai phân lại. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	recoquo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "recast": recasting, recasts. (additional references)
	Words ending with "recast": forecast, precast. (additional references)
	Words containing "recast": forecastable, forecasted, forecaster, forecasters, forecasting, forecastle, forecastles, forecasts, precasting, precasts. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Recast" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Raykat, Rcas, Rebaza, reca, recase, recat, rechase, recuest, redast, Reecastle, rekuest, renast, ricas, Rocas, Roccas, rucatse, Rucwas, tricast. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "recast" (pronounced rēka"st)
6	r ē k a" s t	precast.
4	-k a" s t	cast, caste, miscast.
3	-a" s t	aghast, amassed, assed, Bast, blast, classed, fast, gassed, Gast, glassed, grassed, harassed, hast, lambaste, last, massed, mast, passed, past, surpassed, unsurpassed, vast.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: carets, cartes, caster, caters, crates, reacts, traces.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: acres, aster, cares, caret, carse, carte, carts, caste, cater, cates, cesta, crate, crest, escar, races, rates, react, recta, scare, scart, serac, stare, taces, tares, tears, trace.
	-2 letters: aces, acre, acts, arcs, ares, arse, arts, ates, care, cars, cart, case, cast, cate, cats, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, race, rase, rate, rats, recs, rest, rets, sate, scar, scat, sear, seat, sect, sera, seta, star, tace, tare, tars, tear, teas, tsar.
	-3 letters: ace, act, arc, are, ars, art, ate, car, cat, ear, eat, era, ers, eta, ras, rat, rec, res, ret, sac, sae, sat, sea, sec, ser, set, tae, tar, tas, tea.
	-4 letters: ae, ar, as, at, er, es, et, re, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: actress, canters, carates, carnets, carpets, cartels, carters, casters, cerates, chaster, clarets, coaster, coaters, craters, creates, crestal, cristae, curates, ecartes, nectars, preacts, precast, rachets, raciest, rackets, ratches, recants, recasts, redacts, restack, retacks, scanter, scarlet, scarted, scatter, sectary, spectra, stacker, stearic, tackers, tanrecs, tracers, trances.
	+2 letters: abreacts, accretes, acerbest, acridest, actressy, agrestic, ancestor, ancestry, articles, backrest, batchers, bearcats, brachets, brackets, cabarets, cabestro, cabresta, cabresto, cadaster, cadastre, canister, captures, cartages, castrate, catchers, caterans, caterers, cateress, centares, centaurs, centrals, ceramist, cerastes, ceratins, chanters, chapters, chariest, charters, chatters, cheaters, cigarets, cisterna, citrates, clatters, clearest, coarsest, coasters, crankest, crassest, cratches, craziest, creatins, creators, cremates, crispate, cristate, cytaster, detracts, ectosarc, enactors, ergastic, erratics, escargot, exacters, exactors, extracts, factures, forecast, furcates, hatchers, hectares, locaters, matchers, matrices, mistrace, outraces, overacts, overcast, paretics, patchers, picrates, postrace, practise, precasts, racquets, ratchets, reactors, reascent, recharts, recheats, recitals, recrates, recusant, redcoats, reenacts, refracts, restacks, retraces, retracks, retracts, sarcenet, scantier, scarcest, scariest, scarlets, scatters, scattier, sceptral, scimetar, scramjet, seacraft, secateur, sectoral, snatcher, spectral, stackers, stancher, starched, starches, sterical, suricate, tacklers, tacrines, teacarts, teachers, terraces, theriacs, thoraces, tracheas, trachles, trackers, traduces, trajects, tranches, transect, treacles, uncrates, watchers, yachters.
	+3 letters: accentors, accepters, acceptors, accouters, accoutres, accredits, acerbates, acierates, acrolects, acrylates, actresses, actuaries, aeroducts, affecters, ancestors, ancestral, anchorets, anoretics, anthraces, arcatures, armistice, artefacts, artifices, ascertain, ascorbate, astricted, astrocyte, attachers, attackers, awestruck, backrests, bacterias, bacterins, becarpets, boracites, bracelets, bractlets, brattices, brocatels, cabernets, cabestros, cabrestas, cabrestos, cabrettas, cadasters, cadastres, calypters, canisters, cannister, capturers, carburets, carcanets, careerist, caretakes, caritases, carotenes, cartelise, castoreum, castrated, castrates, catbriers, catharses, cathedras, catheters, catnapers, catteries, cauteries, caveators, cavorters, cellarets, centiares, ceramists, cervelats, chantries, chapiters, charities, charriest, chastener, chastiser, chaunters, chelators, chlorates, chordates, chromates, cisternae, cisternal, clarinets, clarities, coatdress, cocreates, collarets, combaters, coparents, corantoes, corelates, coronates, corotates, coruscate, costarred, cottagers, courantes, courtesan, crabbiest, crabmeats, craftiest, craftsmen, craggiest, craniates, crankiest, crappiest, crawliest, creakiest, creamiest, creasiest, creatines, creations, creatures, cremators, crewmates, croakiest, croustade, crustacea, cubatures, curatives, cutwaters, cytasters, decanters, decorates, decretals, democrats, desecrate, detachers, dicentras, ectosarcs, educators, entrances, eristical, eructates, escalator, escargots, esoterica, etceteras, ethnarchs, evocators, execrates, factories, footraces, forecasts, fractures, heartsick, heptarchs, impacters, insectary, interacts, iterances, lacerates, lacertids, larcenist, loricates, macerates, marcasite, merchants, miscreant, miscreate, mistraced, mistraces, navicerts, nectaries, nectarous, operatics, oratrices, orchestra, ostracise, ostracize, ostracode, outcapers, outrances, overcasts, overcoats, particles, pectorals, pentarchs, perfectas, placaters, portances, practices, practised, practises, praefects, praelects, preenacts, racemates, raclettes, radicates, raticides, raucities, reaccents, reaccepts, reactants, reactions, readdicts, realistic, reascents, reattacks, recanters, recarpets, recasting, recreants, recreates, recusants, redactors, reductase, rejackets, relocates, rematches, renascent, repatches, restacked, retackles, reteaches, retroacts, rusticate, sacrament, sarcenets, scarriest, scattered, scatterer, scenarist, scimetars, sclerotia, scramjets, scratched, scratcher, scratches, scrutable, scutellar, seacrafts, secateurs, secretary, sectarian, sectaries, sectorial, shortcake, sidetrack, snatchers, snatchier, spaceport, spectator, spermatic, staircase, stanchers, starchier, stauncher, stomacher, strategic, streetcar, suricates, tailraces, tesseract, tetracids, tetrarchs, thatchers, theatrics, theocrats, theriacas, thwackers, timecards, traceless, traceries, tracheids, trachytes, trackages, trackless, trackside, tractates, traducers, transcend, transduce, transects, transfect, trauchles, trifectas, trochleas, truancies, truckages, truncates, ulcerates, uncreates, underacts, urticates, verticals, vicarates.
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