recasting

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noun

The casting of something into a different form; a transformation.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of recast
nounrecasting (countable and uncountable, plural recastings)

plural recastings

  1. countableuncountableThe casting of something into a different form; a transformation.
    1 more example

    But for the tragedy of the war, which has compelled a recasting of train services, it was the intention of the Belgian National Railways, Mr. L. Wiener writes, not only to have retained in service throughout the winter one in each direction daily of the Brussels-Ostend streamline trains, […] but also to introduce similar services between Brussels and Liége.

    1939 December, “Overseas Railways: Postponed Belgian Streamliners”, in Railway Magazine, page 423
  2. countableuncountablebusinessThe adjustment of a loan that would otherwise be defaulted.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounchanging a particular word or phrase

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Spanish refundición, recomposición
  • refundiciónTranslations
  • recomposiciónTranslations
  • reestructuraciónTranslations
  • reformulaciónTranslations
  • reelaboraciónTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

recasting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recasting

MLA

“recasting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recasting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recasting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recasting.

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