Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense recasts, present participle recastinglanguage note: The form recast is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.
1. verb
If you recast something, you change it by organizing it in a different way.
The shake-up aims to recast the company as a federation of flexible and competingsubsidiaries. [VERB noun]
recastingsingular noun
...the recasting of the political map of Europe. [+ of]
2. verb
To recast an actor's role means to give the role to another actor.
Stoppard had to recast four of the principal roles. [VERB noun]
recast in British English
(riːˈkɑːst)
verbWord forms: -casts, -casting or -cast(transitive)
1. (often foll by as)
to give (someone or something) a new role, function, or character
recast themselves as moderate and kind
2. (often foll by as)
to cast (an actor or actress) again or in a different part
3.
to cast new actors or actresses for a production of (a play, film, etc)
recast in American English
(riˈkæst; riˈkɑst; for n. ˈriˌkæst; ˈriˌkɑst)
verb transitiveWord forms: reˈcast or reˈcasting
1.
to cast again or anew
2.
to improve the form of by redoing; reconstruct
to recast a sentence
3.
to calculate or count again
4.
a.
to provide a new cast for (a play)
b.
to put (an actor) in a different role
noun
5.
the act of recasting
6.
a new form produced by recasting
Examples of 'recast' in a sentence
recast
The plaudits remain valid in this recast production.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Should they hastily recast the role, maybe with an actor of proven quality?