1. To present, formulate or arrange something in a different form.
2. To assign roles in a performance or production to different performers.
3. To cast a material or object again into a form.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- recast an argument
- recast a narrative
On the page
The editor recast the argument around the distinction its examples actually supported.
The writer recast the narrative without changing the sequence of recorded events.
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Word forms
- Base
- recast
- Past tense
- recast
- Past participle
- recast
- Present participle
- recasting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- recast
- Present continuous
- am/is/are recasting
- Present perfect
- have/has recast
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been recasting
- Past
- recast
- Past continuous
- was/were recasting
- Past perfect
- had recast
- Past perfect continuous
- had been recasting
- Future
- will recast
- Future continuous
- will be recasting
- Future perfect
- will have recast
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been recasting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: recast; recasts; recast; recast; recasting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: narrative transformation, conception and possibility, memory representation, anticipatory detail. Disciplines: literary writing, advanced general English, narrative analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: recasts.
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