recasting

From the verb recast: (⇒ conjugate)

recasting is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•cast /v., riˈkæst; n., ˈriˌkæst/   v. [~ + object]

1. to change, as by rearranging or reorganizing:
   recast the novel as a movie.
2. to substitute other actors in (a play or in parts of a play).

n. [countable]

3. an act of recasting.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•cast  (v. rē kast′, -käst′;n. rē′kast′, -käst′), v., -cast, -cast•ing, n. 
v.t. 

1. to cast again or anew.
2. to form, fashion, or arrange again.
3. to remodel or reconstruct (a literary work, document, sentence, etc.).
4. to supply (a theater or opera work) with a new cast.

n. 

5. a recasting.
6. a new form produced by recasting.

• re- + cast 1890–95

re•cast′er, n.