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Definition: Typecast |
TypecastVerb1. Cast repeatedly in the same kind of role. 2. Identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: TypecastSynonym: type (v). (additional references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Typecast" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 56.25% of the time. "Typecast" is used about 16 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 (past participle) | 56.25% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 6.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 6.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 6.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
typecast | 13 |
delphi typecast | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "typecast"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | caktoj në një rol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مادة مطبوعة (label, literature), أعطى القوس باريها. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ???. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zuordnen eine rolle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לתת תפקי" מתאים לאשיות, חומר מו"פס. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | színészt adottságának megfelelõ szerepben alkalmaz, betûöntõ (type founder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | a ruolo fisso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ypecasttay distribuir os papéis. (various references) напечатанный материал, дать подходящую роль. (various references) odrediti glumcima uloge, određivanje uloga glumcima. (various references) encasillar (pigeonhole, sort out). (various references) fastna i sitt rollfack. (various references) hep aynı tür rolleri vermek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "typecast": typecasting, typecasts. (additional references) | |
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"Typecast" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Tippacott, typecase, typecasted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "typecast" (pronounced tī"pka'st) |
| 4 | -k a' s t | broadcast, downcast, forecast, newscast, outcast, overcast, rebroadcast, simulcast, telecast. |
| 3 | -a' s t | bypassed, chloroplast, Colorfast, enthusiast, flabbergast, Holdfast, iconoclast, lightfast, outlast, sandblast, steadfast, superfast. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-p-s-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: testacy. | |
-2 letters: aptest, aspect, epacts, scatty, spacey, stacte. | |
-3 letters: capes, caste, cates, catty, cesta, epact, paces, pacts, paste, pasty, pates, patsy, patty, peats, peaty, pesty, petty, scape, scatt, septa, space, spacy, spate, state, taces, tacet, tacts, tapes, taste, tasty, tates, teats, tecta, tepas, testa, testy, types, yeast, yetts. | |
-4 letters: aces, acts, apes, apse, ates. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-p-s-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: typecasts. | |
+3 letters: hepatocytes, hyperstatic, steatopygic, sympathetic, typecasting. | |
+4 letters: antipyretics, hypothecates, pterodactyls, spermatocyte, stapedectomy, sympathetics, typicalities. | |
+5 letters: atypicalities, hypothecators, parasynthetic, pietistically, postvasectomy, prostatectomy, spermatocytes, stereotypical, superactivity, sympathectomy, tracheophytes, unsympathetic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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