recast

/ษนiหหˆkรฆst/

IPA: /R IY0 K AE1 S T/

noun
  1. 1

    The act or process of recasting.

  2. 2

    An utterance translated into another grammatical form.

    โ€œAdults may use recasts to suggest corrections to mistakes in children's speech.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    To cast or throw again.

  2. 2

    To mould again.

    โ€œThe whole bell had to be recast although it had only one tiny, hardly visible crack.โ€

  3. 3

    To reproduce in a new form.

  4. 4

    To assign (roles in a play or performance) to different actors.

  5. 5

    To assign (actors) to different roles.

    โ€œShe was recast as the villain.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recast