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• present participle of cast.

casting

American  

[kas-ting, kah-sting] / ˈkæs tɪŋ, ˈkɑ stɪŋ /

noun

• castings
  plural

1. the act or process of a person or thing that casts.

2. something cast; any article that has been cast in a mold.

3. the act or process of choosing actors to play the various roles in a theatrical production, motion picture, etc.

4. 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.

5. Zoology. cast.

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casting British  

/ ˈkɑːstɪŋ /

noun

1. an object or figure that has been cast, esp in metal from a mould

2. the process of transferring molten steel to a mould

3. the choosing of actors for a production

4. 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

5. zoology another word for cast pellet

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• multicasting
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• castings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of casting

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at cast, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

casting castings

“When a state offers a method for casting a ballot, the Constitution forbids restricting access to that voting method based on any prohibited ground, including age,” Judge Roger Gregory writes for a unanimous panel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Oversized disco balls hung overhead, casting flecks of light onto the couches, which were shaped like the brand’s beloved Texas toast.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Bautista, who had been rumoured to be in line to take the part for weeks, confirmed the casting by posting an image of the character to his Instagram account.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Alexander said California law requires registering voters to prove and attest to their identity and has multiple verification measures to ensure people casting ballots are who they say they are.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Some people were also casting suspicious looks around at everyone else.

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon

"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

Testing confirmed that RidgeAlloy contains the combination of aluminum, magnesium, silicon, iron and manganese needed for structural vehicle castings, even when the recycled metal includes higher levels of iron and silicon.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

There is an entire supply chain that includes components such as solid rocket motors, sensors, castings, and warheads.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

The Mews was neatly kept, with sawdust on the floor to absorb the mutes, and the castings taken up every day.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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