casting
English
Pronunciation
- (General American): enPR: kăstʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈkæstɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation): enPR: kästʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈkɑːstɪŋ/
- (Northern England): IPA(key): /ˈkastɪŋ/
- (NYC): IPA(key): /ˈkɛəstɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːstɪŋ
- Hyphenation: cast‧ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast + -ing.
Verb
casting
- present participle of cast
Etymology 2
From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast + -ing.
Noun
casting (countable and uncountable, plural castings)
- The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
- A manufacturing process using a mold.
- (countable) An object made in a mold.
- 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:
- The practice of casting steel seems the most difficult of all the foundry arts, for despite every care, a percentage of the work is liable to be faulty and disappointing, but at Crewe, generally, a very good class of casting was turned out.
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- The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.[W]
- The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
- (programming) The act of converting between data types.
- (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 77:
- "The dogs were no sooner let loose, than the hare was afoot. This time there was no stopping or casting, but the hounds were soon in full cry, and after half-an-hour's run, the hare came dancing down the moor towards me."
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Synonyms
- (selection of performers): audition
Derived terms
- casting agent
- casting call
- casting couch
- casting-couch
- casting-net
- casting net
- casting vote
- casting weight
- central casting
- from central casting
- investment casting
- leaf casting
- leafcasting
- lost-wax casting
- out of central casting
- ray casting
- stunt casting
- surf casting
- surf-casting
Translations
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Anagrams
- actings
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English casting.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kas.tiŋ/
Noun
casting m (plural castings)
- casting (selection of actors)
Further reading
- “casting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English casting.
Noun
casting m (invariable)
- casting (selection of actors)
Polish
Alternative forms
- kasting
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English casting.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkas.tiŋk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -astiŋk
- Syllabification: cas‧ting
Noun
casting m inan
- casting (selection of performers)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | casting | castingi |
genitive | castingu | castingów |
dative | castingowi | castingom |
accusative | casting | castingi |
instrumental | castingiem | castingami |
locative | castingu | castingach |
vocative | castingu | castingi |
Derived terms
- castingowy
Further reading
- casting in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- casting in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From English casting.
Noun
casting n (uncountable)
- casting
Declension
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) casting | castingul |
genitive/dative | (unui) casting | castingului |
vocative | castingule |
Spanish
Alternative forms
- cásting (nonstandard)
- castin
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English casting.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkastin/ [ˈkas.t̪ĩn]
- Rhymes: -astin
Noun
casting m (plural castings)
- casting
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “casting”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014