castable en · ADJ
Etymology
From cast + -able.
Meanings
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Able to be cast. In particular: ▸ Capable of or suitable for being assigned a role in a play, film, etc.
Most importantly, agents want to know you are castable. The easiest way to show them that, obviously, is to get cast in stuff. You might have a long and impressive resume from your acting school or community theater back home[…]
2020 February 24, Harlan Post, Rolling the Dice: Everything You Want to Know About Becoming a Hollywood Actor, Archway Publishing, →ISBN:I always assumed that I'd be more castable as I got older. I'm a character actress and a comedian —not some pretty little ingénue. I figured I'd grow[…]
2009 October 13, Susie Essman, What Would Susie Say?: Bullsh*t Wisdom About Love, Life and Comedy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
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Able to be cast. In particular: ▸ Capable of being performed and brought forth (as a spell or magic).
Magic tomes […] provided access to more castable spells than would fit in most artifacts, up to two or three dozen. The military offered its soldiers a few portable arrays made of precious metals wrought into the desired shapes, but those would be even less accessible[…]
2021 December 26, Azalea Ellis, A Binding of Blood: A Gaslamp University Hard Fantasy, Seladore Publishing:page=144 Witches Spellbook is advertised [as] "For those who'd like to be witches and get their hands on a batch of castable spells." This book also includes a shopping guide for such necessities as bottled bat's blood.
1972, William Joseph Whalen, Minority Religions in America:
- Able to be cast. In particular: ▸ Capable of being cast, as in a mould.
- Able to be cast. In particular: ▸ Capable of being cast to another data type.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most castable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more castable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
fr transtypable (Capable of being cast in programming) · pl rzutowalny (Capable of being cast in programming)