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typecast

noun
/ˈtaɪp.kɑːst/UK/ˈtaɪp.kæst/US

Etymology

From type + cast.

  1. derived from chaste — “chaste”
  2. derived from castra — “fortification”
  3. compounded as typecast — “type + cast”

Definitions

  1. The modification of the data type of a variable or object.

  2. To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.

  3. To identify one as being of a specific type because of one's appearance, colour, religion…

    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.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To cast (change of data type of a variable or object).

      • Does anyone know how to typecast a String in Java into an int?

    2. To found type in a mold.

      • Duensing has elected to resuscitate and typecast faces that in the main might be termed scholarly in nature […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for typecast. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA