typecast en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From type + cast.
Meanings
- The modification of the data type of a variable or object.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| typecasts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
typecast en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From type + cast.
Meanings
- To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
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To identify one as being of a specific type because of one's appearance, colour, religion etc.
The vulgar anti-communist typecasting of Soviet women as so "mannish" that they might really be males in drag.
2004 August 18, Leslie Feinberg, “Rights for lesbians, transgenders, transsexuals”, in Workers World:
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To cast (change of data type of a variable or object).
Does anyone know how to typecast a String in Java into an int?
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(historical) To found type in a mold.
Duensing has elected to resuscitate and typecast faces that in the main might be termed scholarly in nature […]
1967, “Inland Printer, American Lithographer”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 159, part 2, page 116:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| typecast | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| typecast | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| typecasting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| typecasted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes | lexicographic |
| typecasted | Tense=Past | common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes | lexicographic |
| typecasts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
pl rzutować (to change an entity of one datatype into another) · hu beskatulyáz (to identify someone as being of a specific type) · hu beskatulyáz (to cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly) · es encasillar (to cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly) · pl zaszufladkować (to identify someone as being of a specific type) · pl szufladkować (to identify someone as being of a specific type) · ca encasellar (to identify someone as being of a specific type) · ca encasellar (to cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly) · bg конверти́ране на ти́пове (to change an entity of one datatype into another) · es encasillar (to identify someone as being of a specific type)