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upcasting

upcasting is the present participle and gerund of upcast.

Meaning of upcast

Verb

upcast (third-person singular simple present upcasts, present participle upcasting, simple past and past participle upcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) upcasted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
  2. (Scotland, transitive) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
  3. (transitive) To cast from subtype to supertype.
    Antonyms:
    downcast
  4. To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft

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Questions about upcasting

What is upcasting the present participle and gerund of?
Upcasting is the present participle and gerund of upcast.

Words near upcasting in the dictionary

  1. upcards
  2. upcarried
  3. upcasing
  4. upcast
  5. upcasted
  6. upcasting
  7. upcasts
  8. upcaught
  9. upcharge
  10. upcharged
  11. upcharges

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