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typecast

UK/ˈtaɪp.kɑːst//ˈtaɪp.kæst/

typecast noun: the modification of the data type of a variable or object.

Noun

typecast (plural typecasts)

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

Verb

typecast (third-person singular simple present typecasts, present participle typecasting, simple past and past participle typecast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) typecasted)

  1. To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
  2. 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
  3. To cast (change of data type of a variable or object).
    • Does anyone know how to typecast a String in Java into an int?
  4. (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 of typecast

Noun
pluraltypecasts
Verb
third-person singular presenttypecasts
present participletypecasting
past participletypecast
pasttypecast
past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimestypecasted
past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimestypecasted

Origin of typecast

From type + cast.

Questions about typecast

What does typecast mean?
Typecast means the modification of the data type of a variable or object.
What part of speech is typecast?
Typecast can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce typecast?
Typecast is pronounced /ˈtaɪp.kɑːst/ (UK).
What is the plural of typecast?
The plural of typecast is typecasts.

Words near typecast in the dictionary

  1. typeballs
  2. typebar
  3. typebars
  4. typecase
  5. typecases
  6. typecast
  7. typecasted
  8. typecasting
  9. typecastings
  10. typecasts
  11. typecheck

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