casting
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (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 1Edit
From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast + -ing.
VerbEdit
casting
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast + -ing.
NounEdit
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.
- The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.[W]
- 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 83:
- “What, ho! sir knave,” exclaimed Roland, “is it thus you feed the eyasse with unwashed meat, as if you were gorging the foul brancher of a worthless hoodie-crow, by the mass? and thou hast neglected its castings also for these two days. […]”
- 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."
SynonymsEdit
- (selection of performers): audition
Derived termsEdit
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AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English casting.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
casting m (plural castings)
- casting (selection of actors)
Further readingEdit
- “casting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English casting.
NounEdit
casting m (invariable)
- casting (selection of actors)
PolishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English casting.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
casting m inan
- casting (selection of performers)
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
casting n (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) casting | castingul |
genitive/dative | (unui) casting | castingului |
vocative | castingule |
SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English casting.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
casting m (plural castings)
Usage notesEdit
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 readingEdit
- “casting”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014