Sekirov Dictionary

typecast

UK /ˈtaɪp.kɑːst/US /ˈtaɪp.kæst/

verb 4
noun 1
forms 3

verb4

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

noun1

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

forms

typecasted · typecasting · typecasts

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