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typecast
type·cast T0446500 (tīp′kăst′)tr.v. type·cast, type·cast·ing, type·casts 1. To cast (a performer) based on personality, background, or physical appearance: "His six-foot-one frame and dark good looks attracted the attention of filmmakers who typecast him as a heavy" (Linda Mizejewski).2. To cast (a performer) in a role or roles similar to those he or she has played in the past: "After his success in Joan of Arc, [José Ferrer] knew that Hollywood would want to typecast him as neurotics and villains. (Dennis Brown).3. To cause (a performer) to be cast repeatedly in similar roles: "Her musical talent and brassy projection had been successful on Broadway, but her hard features made her look less attractive on screen and typecast her as a nasty, greedy, raddled woman" (Jeffrey Meyers).4. To perceive or represent in reductive or stereotyped ways: "Almost all of the animals we typically typecast as 'predators' just as readily take the ailing and half-dead and the (preferably fresh) dead" (Bernd Heinrich). "By relegating Goethe to classicism as strongly as he does, Nietzsche is able to typecast him, to reduce him to a singular role even as he elevates him for the strength and discipline required to adhere to classical standards" (Adrian Del Caro).typecast (ˈtaɪpˌkɑːst) vb, -casts, -casting or -cast (Film) (tr) to cast (an actor) in the same kind of role continually, esp because of his physical appearance or previous success in such roles ˈtypeˌcaster ntype′-cast`
v. -cast, -cast•ing,
adj. Print. v.t., v.i. 1. to cast (type). adj. 2. (of text to be printed) having the type already cast. [1875–80] type•cast (ˈtaɪpˌkæst, -ˌkɑst)
v.t. -cast, -cast•ing. 1. to cast (an actor) in a role that matches the actor's physique, personality, etc. 2. to cast (an actor) repeatedly or exclusively in the same kind of role. typecast
Past participle: typecast
Gerund: typecasting
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| typecast | | typecast |
| Present |
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| I typecast | | you typecast | | he/she/it typecasts | | we typecast | | you typecast | | they typecast |
| Preterite |
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| I typecast | | you typecast | | he/she/it typecast | | we typecast | | you typecast | | they typecast |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am typecasting | | you are typecasting | | he/she/it is typecasting | | we are typecasting | | you are typecasting | | they are typecasting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have typecast | | you have typecast | | he/she/it has typecast | | we have typecast | | you have typecast | | they have typecast |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was typecasting | | you were typecasting | | he/she/it was typecasting | | we were typecasting | | you were typecasting | | they were typecasting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had typecast | | you had typecast | | he/she/it had typecast | | we had typecast | | you had typecast | | they had typecast |
| Future |
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| I will typecast | | you will typecast | | he/she/it will typecast | | we will typecast | | you will typecast | | they will typecast |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have typecast | | you will have typecast | | he/she/it will have typecast | | we will have typecast | | you will have typecast | | they will have typecast |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be typecasting | | you will be typecasting | | he/she/it will be typecasting | | we will be typecasting | | you will be typecasting | | they will be typecasting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been typecasting | | you have been typecasting | | he/she/it has been typecasting | | we have been typecasting | | you have been typecasting | | they have been typecasting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been typecasting | | you will have been typecasting | | he/she/it will have been typecasting | | we will have been typecasting | | you will have been typecasting | | they will have been typecasting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been typecasting | | you had been typecasting | | he/she/it had been typecasting | | we had been typecasting | | you had been typecasting | | they had been typecasting |
| Conditional |
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| I would typecast | | you would typecast | | he/she/it would typecast | | we would typecast | | you would typecast | | they would typecast |
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| I would have typecast | | you would have typecast | | he/she/it would have typecast | | we would have typecast | | you would have typecast | | they would have typecast |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  typecast - cast repeatedly in the same kind of roleperforming arts - arts or skills that require public performancecast - select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" | | 2. |  typecast - identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed"typeidentify - consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives" |
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Synonyms for typecastverb cast repeatedly in the same kind of roleRelated Wordsverb identify as belonging to a certain typeSynonymsRelated Words |