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cast
English
Etymology
From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kast?n? (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp.
The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation): enPR: käst, IPA(key): /k??st/
- (Northern England): enPR: k?st, IPA(key): /kast/
- (General American): enPR: k?st, IPA(key): /kæst/
- Rhymes: -??st, -æst
- Homophones: caste, karst
Verb
cast (third-person singular simple present casts, present participle casting, simple past and past participle cast or (nonstandard) casted)
- (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
- (now somewhat literary) To throw. [from 13thc.]
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona:
- Why then a Ladder quaintly made of Cords / To cast vp, with a paire of anchoring hookes, / Would serue to scale another Hero's towre […].
- 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, p.262:
- The more, an' please your honour, the pity, said the Corporal; in uttering which, he cast his spade into the wheelbarrow […].
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona:
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea. [from 14thc.]
- 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 4:
- As Jesus walked by the see off Galile, he sawe two brethren: Simon which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, castynge a neet into the see (for they were fisshers) […].
- 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 4:
- To throw down or aside. [from 15thc.]
- 1611, Bible, Authorized Version, Matthew VI.30:
- it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
- 1930, "Sidar the Madman", Time, 19 Dec.:
- Near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, Madman, co-pilot and plane were caught in a storm, cast into the Caribbean, drowned.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, 2010, p.316:
- Her bow is not to her liking. In a temper, she casts it on the grass.
- 1611, Bible, Authorized Version, Matthew VI.30:
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. [from 15thc.]
- To cause (a horse or other large animal) to lie down with its legs underneath it.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes). [from 14thc.]
- 1822, "Life of Donald McBane", Blackwood's Magazine, vol.12, p.745:
- when the serjeant saw me, he cast his coat and put it on me, and they carried me on their shoulders to a village where the wounded were and our surgeons […].
- 2002, Jess Cartner-Morley, "How to Wear Clothes", The Guardian, 2 March:
- You know the saying, "Ne'er cast a clout till May is out"? Well, personally, I'm bored of my winter clothes by March.
- 1822, "Life of Donald McBane", Blackwood's Magazine, vol.12, p.745:
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
- (obsolete) To vomit.
- These verses […] make me ready to cast.
- (archaic) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
- Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee.
- (archaic) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
- 1695 (first published), 1726 (final dated of publication) John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
- This […] casts a sulphurous smell.
- 1695 (first published), 1726 (final dated of publication) John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
- 1849, Philip Henry Gosse, Natural History
- This horned bird, as it casts a strong smell, so it hath a foul look, much exceeding the European Raven in bigness
- (now somewhat literary) To throw. [from 13thc.]
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.). [from 13thc.]
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3:
- To whom do Lyons cast their gentle Lookes? Not to the Beast, that would vsurpe their Den.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, I.11:
- She then yawned again, threw aside her book, and cast her eyes round the room in quest of some amusement […].
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3:
- (dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures. [from 14thc.]
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2:
- The Clearke of Chartam: hee can write and / reade, and cast accompt.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- I cast up the notches on my post, and found I had been on shore three hundred and sixty-five days.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2:
- (social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.). [from 14thc.]
- , vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.309:
- he is […] a perfect astrologer, that can cast the rise and fall of others, and mark their errant motions to his own use.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, 2012, p.332:
- John Gadbury confessed that Mrs Cellier, ‘the Popish Midwife’, had asked him to cast the King's nativity, although the astrology claimed to have refused to do so.
- 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p.1197:
- He did the washing up and stayed behind to watch the dinner cook while she hopped off with a friend to have her horoscope cast by another friend.
- , vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.309:
- (obsolete) To plan, intend. [14th-19thc.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- I wrapt my selfe in Palmers weed, / And cast to seeke him forth through daunger and great dreed.
- 1685, William Temple, "Upon the Gardens of Epicurus
- The cloister […] had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange-house].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance). [from 18thc.]
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- She […] cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
- (archaic) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
- Cast thy burden upon the Lord.
- (archaic) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict.
- 1822, John Galt, The Provost
- She was cast to be hanged.
- 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- Were the case referred to any competent judge, […] they would inevitably be cast.
- 1822, John Galt, The Provost
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- 24 July, 1659, Robert South, Interest Deposed, and Truth Restored
- How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious!
- 24 July, 1659, Robert South, Interest Deposed, and Truth Restored
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.). [from 14thc.]
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- 1950, "A Global View", Time, 24 April:
- The threat of Russian barbarism sweeping over the free world will cast its ominous shadow over us for many, many years.
- 1960, Lawrence Durrell, Clea:
- A sudden thought cast a gloom over his countenance.
- 1950, "A Global View", Time, 24 April:
- (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry. [from 15thc.]
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98:
- being with childe, they may without feare of accusation, spoyle and cast [transl. avorter] their children, with certaine medicaments, which they have only for that purpose.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.20:
- The abortion of a woman they describe by an horse kicking a wolf; because a mare will cast her foal if she tread in the track of that animal.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98:
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15thc.]
- 1923, "Rodin's Death", Time, 24 March:
- One copy of the magnificent caveman, The Thinker, of which Rodin cast several examples in bronze, is seated now in front of the Detroit Museum of Art, where it was placed last autumn.
- (printing, dated) To stereotype or electrotype.
- 1923, "Rodin's Death", Time, 24 March:
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.). [from 16thc.]
- c. 1680, Joseph Moxon, The Art of Joinery
- Stuff is said to cast or warp when […] it alters its flatness or straightness.
- c. 1680, Joseph Moxon, The Art of Joinery
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18thc.]
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote). [from 19thc.]
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text. [from 20thc.]
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent. [from 18thc.]
- 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, 2005, p.50:
- He clambered on to an apron of rock that held its area out to the sun and began to cast across it. The direction of the wind changed and the scent touched him again.
- 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, 2005, p.50:
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (media) To broadcast.
Conjugation
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Translations
Noun
cast (plural casts)
- An act of throwing.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- a cast of scatter'd dust
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- He’s in the cast of Oliver.
- The cast was praised for a fine performance.
- The casting procedure.
- The men got into position for the cast, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.
- An object made in a mould.
- The cast would need a great deal of machining to become a recognizable finished part.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The doctor put a cast on the boy’s broken arm.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- A plaster cast was made from his face.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
- As when a cast of Faulcons make their flight / An an Herneshaw, that lyes aloft on wing […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
- A squint.
- 1847, John Churchill, A manual of the principles and practice of ophthalmic medicine and surgery, p. 389, paragraph 1968:
- The image of the affected eye is clearer and in consequence the diplopy more striking the less the cast of the eye; hence the double vision will be noticed by the patient before the misdirection of the eye attracts the attention of those about him.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 7:
- Arriving in Brittany, the Woodville exiles found a sallow young man, with dark hair curled in the shoulder-length fashion of the time and a penchant for expensively dyed black clothes, whose steady gaze was made more disconcerting by a cast in his left eye – such that while one eye looked at you, the other searched for you.
- 1847, John Churchill, A manual of the principles and practice of ophthalmic medicine and surgery, p. 389, paragraph 1968:
- Visual appearance.
- Her features had a delicate cast to them.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- a cast of mind, a mental tendency.
- 1894, Wilson Lloyd Bevan, Sir William Petty : A Study in English Economic Literature, p. 40:
- The cast of mind which prompted the plan was permanent, and in it are to be found both the strength and the weakness of Petty's character.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 330:
- I have read all her articles and come to admire both her elegant turn of phrase and the noble cast of mind which inspires it; but never, I confess, did I look to see beauty and wit so perfectly united.
- An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- A group of crabs.
- A broadcast.
Derived terms
- castless
- plaster cast
Translations
Further reading
- cast at OneLook Dictionary Search
- cast in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- ACTs, ATCs, ATSC, Acts, CATs, CTAs, Cats, STCA, TACS, TCAS, TCAs, TSCA, acts, cats, scat
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin castus, possibly borrowed or semi-learned.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?kast/
Adjective
cast (feminine casta, masculine plural casts or castos, feminine plural castes)
- chaste
Related terms
- castedat
Further reading
- “cast” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k??st]
- Hyphenation: cast
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English cast.
Noun
cast m (plural casts, diminutive castje n)
- cast (people performing a movie or play)
Synonyms
- rolbezetting
- rolverdeling
Related terms
- casten
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
cast
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of casten
- imperative of casten
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English cast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kast/
- Hyphenation: càst
Noun
cast m (invariable)
- cast (group of actors performing together)
Manx
Adjective
cast
- contorted, curly, curved
- complex, intricate, many-sided
- ticklish
Mutation
Derived terms
- castid
- castys
- neuchast
- yl-chast
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin castus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kast/
Adjective
cast m or n (feminine singular cast?, masculine plural ca?ti, feminine and neuter plural caste)
- chaste, clean, pure
Declension
Synonyms
- pur
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kast/, [?kast?]
Noun
cast m (plural casts)
- cast (group of actors)
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character
English
Etymology
From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kharakt?r, “type, nature, character”), from ??????? (kharáss?, “I engrave”). Doublet of charakter.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??(?)kt?/, /?kæ?(?)kt?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kæ??kt?/
- Hyphenation: char?ac?ter
Noun
character (countable and uncountable, plural characters)
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- A man of […] thoroughly subservient character
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- (countable, dated) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
- (countable, dated) A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.
- (countable, mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (countable, dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
- This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it.
- (countable, dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
- (countable, obsolete) Personal appearance.
Usage notes
Character is sometimes used interchangeably with reputation, but the two words have different meanings; character describes the distinctive qualities of an individual or group while reputation describes the opinions held by others regarding an individual or group. Character is internal and authentic, while reputation is external and perceived.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Pages starting with “character”.
Translations
Verb
character (third-person singular simple present characters, present participle charactering, simple past and past participle charactered)
- (obsolete) To write (using characters); to describe.
See also
- codepoint
- font
- glyph
- letter
- symbol
- rune
- pictogram
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ???????? (kharakt?r).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /k?a?rak.ter/, [k?ä??äkt??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka?rak.ter/, [k????kt??r]
Noun
character m (genitive charact?ris); third declension
- branding iron
- brand (made by a branding iron)
- characteristic, mark, character, style
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- Hungarian: karakter
- Galician: caritel; ? carácter
- Irish: carachtar
- Italian: carattere
- Old French: caractere
- ? English: character
- French: caractère
- Polish: charakter
- ? Russian: ????????? (xarákter)
- Portuguese: caractere, carácter
- Sicilian: caràttiri
- Spanish: carácter
References
- character in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- character in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- character in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Noun
character m (plural characteres)
- Obsolete spelling of caráter (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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