casting

[kas-ting, kah-sting]

noun

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.

casting

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• multicasting noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of casting¹

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

Example Sentences

Still, concerns about tariffs and a global economic slowdown have kept Japanese companies cautious about investing, casting uncertainty over the production outlook.

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And if the cliché that directing is 90% casting has an element of truth, it bodes well for Ms. DeBessonet’s tenure.

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The producers used a casting director to find these folks but Sheeran says none of them knew they’d be encountering him as they went about their business in Manhattan.

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But by casting doubt on autism research, Kennedy overlooks the research that has been done on vaccines and autism — studies of more than 2 million children around the world, finding no connections whatsoever.

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The ding on these capers is that there’s always too much casting.

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