- present participle of cast.
casting
Americannoun
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the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
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the act or process of choosing actors to play the various roles in a theatrical production, motion picture, etc.
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the act or skill of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel.
I'll have to improve my casting if I'm ever going to learn to fish well.
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Zoology. cast.
noun
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an object or figure that has been cast, esp in metal from a mould
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the process of transferring molten steel to a mould
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the choosing of actors for a production
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hunting the act of directing a pack of hounds over ground where their quarry may recently have passed so that they can quest for, discover, or recapture its scent
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Etymology
Origin of casting
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at cast, -ing 1
Vocabulary lists containing casting
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Although several major stars have been cast in The Hunt For Gollum already, further casting announcements are expected in the coming months.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
So the next time that they come in and pull somebody out of central casting, they just would want to hire better lawyers to dig up dirt on their own candidate.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Private casting sessions start at $100 per person.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
They reportedly helped work the president up, casting the red card as a black eye for the U.S.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
The night-balloons puttered into the room next, their tiny candles casting small halos over everything like pairs of eyes.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
"My agent still roasts me about the fact that I used to go to castings dressed in jeans and NYU T-shirts that I'd got for free," she told British Vogue in February.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
On Ford’s new “assembly tree,” a modular system stamps out two massive, aluminum castings and a battery that get merged at the end of the process—closer to how Tesla and China’s automakers build EVs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
By the early 2030s, RidgeAlloy could enable recycled structural aluminum castings at volumes equal to at least half of current annual primary aluminum production in the United States.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
The big challenge for defense contractors is making missiles fast enough, given there are choke points in supply chains for components including castings, seekers, solid rocket motors, and other complex electronic components.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
I chipped casings off bronze castings, washed glassware, and ground ore for alloys.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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