/kɑːst/
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Translation
All the actors in a film, a play or a show.
Word origin
From Old Norse kasta, to throw. Choosing actors was called casting them into their parts, and the group of actors chosen became the cast.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- kasta
- English cognates
- forecast, broadcast
Grammar
Gender
Pluralcasts
Examples
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The "cast" is all the actors together.
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To be "in the cast" is to be one of the actors.
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A "cast" is also a hard cover that holds a broken bone still.
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