Definition of "recast" in Englisch

verb

1. To cast or throw again.

2. To mould again.

   • The whole bell had to be recast although it had only one tiny, hardly visible crack.

3. To reproduce in a new form.

4. (transitive, film, theater) To assign (roles in a play or performance) to different actors.

5. (transitive, film, theater) To assign (actors) to different roles.

   • She was recast as the villain.

noun

1. The act or process of recasting.

2. (linguistics) An utterance translated into another grammatical form.

   • Adults may use recasts to suggest corrections to mistakes in children's speech.