recast (verb)

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• recast — ► VERB (past and past part. recast) 1) cast (metal) again or differently. 2) present in a different form or style. 3) allocate roles in (a play or film) to different actors …   English terms dictionary

• recast — verb past tense and past participle recast (T) 1 to give something a new shape or a new form of organization: an attempt to recast the statement in less formal language 2 to give parts in a play or film to different actors recasting noun (C, U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• recast — index alter, change, convert (change use), modify (alter), reconstruct, recreate, reform (noun), reform …   Law dictionary

• recast — verb (past and past participle recast) 1》 cast (metal) again or differently. 2》 present in a different form or style. 3》 allocate roles in (a play or film) to different actors …   English new terms dictionary

• recast — verb (t) /ˌriˈkast/ (say .ree kahst) (recast, recasting) 1. to cast again or anew. 2. to provide a new or altered cast for (a play, etc.). 3. to form, fashion, or arrange again. 4. to remodel or reconstruct (a literary work, a document, a… …  

• recast — [[t]ri͟ːkɑ͟ːst, kæ̱st[/t]] recasts, recasting (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. [V n] The shake up aims to …   English dictionary

• recast — UK [riːˈkɑːst] / US [ˌrɪˈkæst] verb [transitive] Word forms recast : present tense I/you/we/they recast he/she/it recasts present participle recasting past tense recast past participle recast 1) to change the way that someone or something is or… …   English dictionary

• recast — transitive verb ( cast; casting) Date: 1603 to cast again < recast a gun > < recast a play >; also remodel, refashion < recasts his political image to fit the times > • recast noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• recast — 1. verb /riːˈkɑːst,riːˈkæst/ a) To cast or throw again. the Roman gentlemen armed at all assayes, in the middest of their running race, would cast and recast themselves from one to another horse. b) To mould again. The whole bell had to be recast …   Wiktionary

• recast — re|cast [ ,ri kæst ] (past tense and past participle re|cast) verb transitive 1. ) to change the way that someone or something is or appears to be: The agency has been trying to recast itself in a modern image. 2. ) to give a part in a movie or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• make over — verb 1. use again in altered form (Freq. 1) retread an old plot • Syn: ↑rework, ↑retread • Hypernyms: ↑work, ↑work on, ↑process …   Useful english dictionary